Catherine C. Eckel, Philip J. Grossman, Glenn Harrison
would like to thank Lutheran Social Services for participating in this study. We would like to
Social Learning in Coordination Games: Does Status Matter? (2008)
Catherine C. Eckel, Rick K. Wilson
We report the results of experiments designed to test the impact of social status on learning in a coordination game. JEL codes: C92, C7, Z13 *Thanks to the participants in the Coordination Success...
Catherine C. Eckel, Rick K. Wilson
Social learning occurs in the context of a structure of social interaction among agents. Models of the social structure typically do not include hierarchical elements, such as status differences...
2002b. “Forecasting Risk Attitudes: An Experimental Study of Actual and Forecast (2008)
Catherine C. Eckel, Philip J. Grossman
We develop and evaluate a simple gamble-choice task to measure attitudes toward risk, and apply this measure to examine differences in risk attitudes of male and female university students. In...
Catherine C. Eckel, Philip J. Grossman
Razzolini, and David Reilly provided helpful suggestions. Thanks also to Mark Renslow for his statistical assistance. 1 I.
DIFFERENCES IN THE ECONOMIC DECISIONS OF MEN AND (2008)
Catherine C. Eckel, Philip J. Grossman
This paper reviews the results from Public Goods, Ultimatum, and Dictator experiments for evidence of systematic differences in the behavior of men and women. While the results do not offer...
Version of 2/11/2006 1:20:00 AM Do Donors Care About Subsidy Type? An Experimental Study (2008)
Catherine C. Eckel, Philip J. Grossman
An individual should be indifferent between a rebate subsidy of rate sr and a matching subsidy of rate sm = sr/(1- sr), and the total amount received by the charity should be the same regardless of...
DRAFT 8/10/05. Comments welcome. Detecting Trustworthiness: Does Beauty Confound Intuition? (2008)
Catherine C. Eckel, Rick K. Wilson
We report results of a laboratory experiment that examines the impact of attractiveness on trust and reciprocity in a trust game. Subjects in the experiment interact with a counterpart in a lab at...
Men, Women and Risk Aversion: Experimental Evidence (2008)
Catherine C. Eckel, Philip J. Grossman
This paper reviews the results from experimental measures of risk aversion for evidence of systematic differences in the behavior of men and women. In most studies, women are found to be more averse...
Volunteers and Pseudo-Volunteers: The Effect of Recruitment Method on . . . (2007)
Catherine C. Eckel, Philip J. Grossman
nce Often (3 or 4 times) Very Often (5 or more times) 1. I have helped push a stranger's car out of the snow. 2. I have given directions to a stranger. 3. I have made change for a stranger. 4. I...
The Value of a Smile: Game theory with a human face (2007)
Akeman Street, Herts Hp Ap, Catherine C. Eckel, Alex Kacelnik, Rick K. Wilson
Many economists and biologists view cooperation as anomalous: animals (including humans) who pursue their own self-interest have superior survival odds to their altruistic or cooperative neighbors....
with Outside Options: Experimental Evidence * (2004)
Catherine C. Eckel, Catherine C. Eckel, Robert P. Gilles
USA. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. 9/1/97...
Using technology to facilitate active learning in economics through experiments (2004)
Sheryl B. Ball, Catherine C. Eckel, Sheryl B. Ball, Catherine C. Eckel
Classroom experiments are becoming increasingly popular as active-learning exercises for courses in economics. There are many situations where technology is needed to facilitate the effective use of...
Stars Upon Thars: Status and Discrimination in Ultimatum Games (1998)
Sheryl B. Ball, Catherine C. Eckel
This paper adds to the body of evidence on positive game theory by examining the effects of belonging to a recognizable group on individual behavior in ultimatum games. In our experiments, subjects...
An experimental test of the crowding out hypothesis
Eckel, Catherine C., Grossman, Philip J., Johnston, Rachel M.
Catherine C. Eckel, Philip J. Grossman
We report the results of a field experiment conducted in conjunction with a mailed fundraising campaign of a nonprofit organization. The experiment is designed to compare the response of donors to...
Are Women Less Selfish Than Men? Evidence from Dictator Experiments.
Eckel, Catherine C, Grossman, Philip J
Research in social sciences other than economics indicates substantial differences in behavior between men and women. The general conclusion drawn from this work is that women will be more...
The value of a smile: Game theory with a human face
Scharlemann, Jorn P. W., Eckel, Catherine C., Kacelnik, Alex, Wilson, Rick K.
Chivalry and Solidarity in Ultimatum Games.
Eckel, Catherine C, Grossman, Philip J
We report the results of ultimatum game experiments designed to test for differences in the behavior of women and men. Women's proposals are on average more generous than men's, regardless of the sex...
Subsidizing Charitable Giving with Rebates or Matching: Further Laboratory Evidence
Catherine C. Eckel, Philip J. Grossman
We examine two different ways to subsidize charitable giving: by a rebate (returning a portion of the donation to the giver) or by a match (adding additional donations to the giver's donation). In...
People Playing Games: The Human Face of Experimental Economics
Experiments can be used not only to test theory but also to measure preferences and assess heterogeneity of behavior. I discuss the design of experimental measures of altruism and trust, as well as...
Risk Aversion and Physical Prowess: Prediction, Choice and Bias
Sheryl Ball, Catherine C. Eckel, Maria Heracleous
This paper reports on experiments where individuals are asked to make risky decisions for themselves as well as predicting the risky decisions of others. Prior research has generally shown that...
Catherine C. Eckel, Ragan Petrie
There is growing evidence of systematic heterogeneity in behavior by observable characteristics, such as what one would see in a face. We ask, is there informational value in knowing these...
Differences in the Economic Decisions of Men and Women: Experimental Evidence
Eckel, Catherine C., Grossman, Philip J., Charles R. Plott, Vernon L. Smith
This chapter reviews the results from public goods, ultimatum, and dictator experiments for evidence of systematic differences in the behavior of men and women. While the results do not offer...
Men, Women and Risk Aversion: Experimental Evidence
Eckel, Catherine C., Grossman, Philip J., Charles R. Plott, Vernon L. Smith
Risk loving after the storm: A Bayesian-Network study of Hurricane Katrina evacuees
Eckel, Catherine C., El-Gamal, Mahmoud A., Wilson, Rick K.
We investigate risk preferences of a sample of hurricane Katrina evacuees shortly after they were evacuated and transported to Houston, and another sample from the same population taken a year later....