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Standard economic theory assumes that individual risk taking decisions are independent from the social context. Recent experimental evidence however sho

Problem gambling is a serious socioeconomic problem involving high individual and social costs. In this article, we study risk preferences of problem ga

People are usually more productive when they are paid according to their performance. Yet, it is reported that women prefer fixed rate payment over performance based payment schemes. This study experimentally investigates i) whether absolute...

Trustful and trustworthy behaviors have important externalities for the society. But what exactly drives people to behave in a trustful and trustworthy manner? Building on research suggesting that individuals’ social preferences might be a common...

Gene-culture co-evolution emphasizes the joint role of culture and genes for the emergence of altruistic and cooperative behaviors and behavioral genetics provides estimates of their relative importance. However, these approaches cannot assess which...