A5060807387- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
- Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems
- School Choice and Performance
- Game Theory and Applications
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Auction Theory and Applications
- Social Capital and Networks
- Islamic Finance and Banking Studies
- Taxation and Compliance Studies
- Digital Platforms and Economics
- Psychology of Social Influence
- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
- Economic theories and models
- Ethics in Business and Education
- Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Economic Policies and Impacts
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
- Game Theory and Voting Systems
- Corruption and Economic Development
- Grey System Theory Applications
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2015-2024
National Bureau of Economic Research
2017
Peking University
2017
Bentley University
2017
University of Chicago
2017
Wells Fargo (United States)
2017
University of California, San Diego
2017
Tests measuring and comparing educational achievement are an important policy tool.We experimentally show that offering students extrinsic incentives to put forth effort on such tests has differential effects across cultures.Offering U.S. students, who generally perform poorly assessments, improved performance substantially.In contrast, Shanghai top performers were not affected by incentives.Our findings suggest in the absence of incentives, ranking countries based low-stakes assessments is...
US students often rank poorly on standardized tests that estimate and compare educational achievements. We investigate whether this might reflect not only differences in ability but also effort the test. experimentally offer incentives to put forth two high schools four Shanghai schools. improve performance substantially response incentives, while students—who are top performers assessments—do not. These results raise possibility ranking countries based low-stakes assessments may ability,...
Does competition affect moral behavior? This fundamental question has been debated among leading scholars for centuries, and more recently, it tested in experimental studies yielding a body of rather inconclusive empirical evidence. A potential source ambivalent results on the same hypothesis is design heterogeneity-variation true effect sizes across various reasonable research protocols. To provide further evidence whether affects behavior to examine generalizability single study...
We investigate the effects of religion on charitable contributions Muslims who are in a minority to non‐Muslims majority and fellow Muslims. find that religious thinking leads significantly more giving by 10%. The effect is dependent ethnic identity recipient. significant behavior toward relatively privileged out‐group members (Han Chinese), but small generally insignificant in‐group (fellow Muslims). With thinking, prosocial higher 14%, which mainly explained religiosity Our results have...
Understanding why firms choose to implement voluntary environmental schemes in a large polluted country like China is important for both economists and policy makers. In this paper, we utilize unique plant-level survey data of 270 Chinese manufacturing industry identify the key determinants their decisions on certifying ISO 14001 management standard Environmental Label. The empirical results exhibit that while there are number factors (e.g., ownership, firm size, target market, rivals)...
The method of payment for penalties such as traffic tickets or library fines has become increasingly digitalized, with possible implications on the future effectiveness deterring opportunistic behavior. Several recent experimental studies have suggested that people treat digital cash equivalents differently from physical cash. This paper is first to compare efficacy punishment between and electronic cash-exchangeable in a laboratory setting. Our results indicate while both forms increase...
Abstract Many previous empirical studies have suggested that cooperation and trust affect economic growth. However, the precise relationship between (i.e. whether leads to or trust) remains unclear it is not known how level of development affects trust. Using a combination public goods, gambling game experiments, we investigate links among cooperation, in four regions C hina. Our results suggest that, first, there U ‐shaped V development. Second, on one hand, trust, other more cooperative...
We conduct the Krupka – Weber norm-elicitation game in a setting with contractual incompleteness and find that method is not robust to subjects different roles treatments. disclose bystanders' norm ratings trading parties an information treatment. The two treatment differ rating appropriateness of choices, these role differences are rooted egocentric focus on ratings. also mechanism enhances their normative standard selection more pro-social choices.
Abstract This study investigates the mechanisms driving effectiveness of free-form communication in promoting cooperation within a sequential social dilemma game. We hypothesize that self-constructing nature enhances sincerity messages and increases disutility dishonoring promises. Our experimental results demonstrate outperform both restricted promises treatments where subjects select use previously constructed messages. Interestingly, we find selected achieve similar levels cooperation....
We investigate the effects of religion on charitable contributions Muslims who are in a minority to non-Muslims majority and fellow Muslims. find that religious thinking leads significantly more giving by 10%. The effect is dependent ethnic identity recipient: we significant behavior towards relatively privileged outgroup members (Han Chinese), but small generally insignificant ingroup (fellow Muslims). With thinking, prosocial higher 14%, which mainly explained religiosity Our results have...
The method of payment for penalties such as traffic tickets or library fines has become increasingly digitalized, with possible implications on the future effectiveness deterring opportunistic behavior. Several recent experimental studies have suggested that people treat digital cash equivalents differently from physical cash. This paper is first to compare efficacy punishment between and electronic cash-exchangeable in a laboratory setting. Our results indicate while both forms increase...
The method of payment for penalties such as traffic tickets or library fines has become increasingly digitalized, with possible implications on the future effectiveness deterring opportunistic behavior. Several recent experimental studies have suggested that people treat digital cash equivalents differently from physical cash. This paper is first to compare efficacy punishment between and electronic cash-exchangeable in a laboratory setting. Our results indicate while both forms increase...