Search Results - "Putterman, Louis"

Institutions and Behavior: Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Democracy by Bó, Pedro Dal, Foster, Andrew, Putterman, Louis

“…A novel experiment is used to show that the effect of a policy on the level of cooperation is greater when it is chosen democratically by the subjects than…”
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Agriculture, Diffusion and Development: Ripple Effects of the Neolithic Revolution by PUTTERMAN, LOUIS

“…Are the effects of the Neolithic revolution still impacting on incomes across the world today? I find strong support for this proposition using new,…”
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Post-1500 Population Flows and The Long-Run Determinants of Economic Growth and Inequality by Putterman, Louis, Weil, David N.

“…We construct a matrix showing the share of the year 2000 population in every country that is descended from people in different source countries in the year…”
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Algorithmic Leviathan or Individual Choice: Choosing Sanctioning Regimes in the Face of Observational Error by Markussen, Thomas, Putterman, Louis, Wang, Liangjun

“…Laboratory experiments are a promising tool for studying how competing institutional arrangements perform and what determines preferences between them…”
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Ethnic bias, economic achievement and trust between large ethnic groups: A study in Germany and the U.S by Cetre, Sophie, Algan, Yann, Grimalda, Gianluca, Murtin, Fabrice, Pipke, David, Putterman, Louis, Schmidt, Ulrich, Siegerink, Vincent

“…Evidence for ingroup bias is extensive, yet the distinct patterns of discrimination among dominant ethnic groups in the diverse societies of modern industrial…”
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Communication and punishment in voluntary contribution experiments by Bochet, Olivier, Page, Talbot, Putterman, Louis

“…We compare three forms of communication and punishment as incentives to increase contributions to public goods in laboratory experiments. We find, as in…”
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Who to punish? Individual decisions and majority rule in mitigating the free rider problem by Ertan, Arhan, Page, Talbot, Putterman, Louis

“…We study a voluntary contributions mechanism in which punishment may be allowed, depending on subjects’ voted rules. We found that out of 160 group votes, even…”
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Self-Organization for Collective Action: An Experimental Study of Voting on Sanction Regimes by MARKUSSEN, THOMAS, PUTTERMAN, LOUIS, TYRAN, JEAN-ROBERT

“…Entrusting the power to punish to a central authority is a hallmark of civilization, yet informal or horizontal sanctions have attracted more attention of…”
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Voluntary Association in Public Goods Experiments: Reciprocity, Mimicry and Efficiency by Page, Talbot, Putterman, Louis, Unel, Bulent

“…We find that a process of voluntary association where individuals express a preference about whom they want to be associated with can create strong incentives…”
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In broad daylight: Fuller information and higher-order punishment opportunities can promote cooperation by Kamei, Kenju, Putterman, Louis

“…•We conduct voluntary contribution experiments with opportunities to punish.•Most treatments also permit higher-order punishment.•In most cases, higher-order…”
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State or nature? Endogenous formal versus informal sanctions in the voluntary provision of public goods by Kamei, Kenju, Putterman, Louis, Tyran, Jean-Robert

“…We investigate the endogenous formation of sanctioning institutions supposed to improve efficiency in the voluntary provision of public goods. Our paper…”
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Cooperation under the threat of expulsion in a public goods experiment by Cinyabuguma, Matthias, Page, Talbot, Putterman, Louis

“…In a public goods experiment with the opportunity to vote to expel members of a group, we found that contributions rose to nearly 100% of endowments with…”
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Equality, equity and incentives: An experiment by Balafoutas, Loukas, Kocher, Martin G., Putterman, Louis, Sutter, Matthias

“…We study a fundamental conflict in economic decision-making, the trade-off between equality, equity and incentives, in a new experimental game that nests a…”
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Public goods and voting on formal sanction schemes by Putterman, Louis, Tyran, Jean-Robert, Kamei, Kenju

“…The burgeoning literature on the use of sanctions to support the provision of public goods has largely neglected the use of formal or centralized sanctions. We…”
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Do non-strategic sanctions obey the law of demand? The demand for punishment in the voluntary contribution mechanism by Anderson, Christopher M., Putterman, Louis

“…The prospect of receiving a monetary sanction for free riding has been shown to increase contributions to public goods. We ask whether the impulse to punish is…”
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The ecology of collective action: A public goods and sanctions experiment with controlled group formation by Ones, Umut, Putterman, Louis

“…Accumulating evidence suggests that the outcomes of laboratory public goods games reflect individually differing preferences and beliefs. We designed a public…”
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Persistence of Fortune: Accounting for Population Movements, There Was No Post-Columbian Reversal by Chanda, Areendam, Cook, C. Justin, Putterman, Louis

“…Using data on place of origin of today's country populations and the indicators of level of development in 1500 used by Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson (2002),…”
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Trust, communication and contracts: An experiment by Ben-Ner, Avner, Putterman, Louis

“…In the one-shot trust or investment game without opportunities for reputation formation or contracting, economic theory predicts no trusting because there is…”
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Punishment can support cooperation even when punishable by Fu, Tingting, Ji, Yunan, Kamei, Kenju, Putterman, Louis

“…Do opportunities to punish non-punishers help to stabilize cooperation? Or do opportunities to punish punishers harm cooperation and its benefits by deterring…”
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Institutions, social capability, and economic growth by Putterman, Louis

“…•The social capabilities of nations formed slowly in response to their forms of economic and social organization.•Social capabilities have been persistent over…”
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