2010 Sessions for the Economic Science Association

Session 16A Crime and Punishment
Session 16B Experiments in Second Life
Session 16C Contest Experiments
Session 16D Behavioral Economics in Networks and Markets
Session 16F Market Experiments I
Session 16G Risk Attitudes
Session 16H Experiments in Managerial Economics
Session 16I Altruism and Behavior in Games
Session 16J Field Experiments
Session 16K Public Goods
Session 16L Group Cooperation Experiments

 
Saturday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
ESA
Session 16A
Crime and Punishment

Organizers:

Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

David Johnson, Florida State University

Papers:

"Cooperation Limitations Under a One-Time Threat of Expulsion and Punishment"
Aaron Lowen, Grand Valley State University (Contact Author)
Pamela M. Schmitt, United States Naval Academy

"Impact of the Punishment Mechanism on the Sustainability of Corrupt Acts: Evidence from the U.S. and Pakistan"
Sheheryar Banuri, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)
Catherine C. Eckel, The University of Texas at Dallas

"Experimental Study of Crime: The Robbery Game"
David Johnson, Florida State University (Contact Author)
Svetlana Pevnitskaya, Florida State University

Discussants:

Robert Moir, University of New Brunswick-Saint John
Aaron Lowen, Grand Valley State University
Sheheryar Banuri, The University of Texas at Dallas

 

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Saturday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
ESA
Session 16B
Experiments in Second Life

Organizers:

Ernan Haruvy, The University of Texas at Dallas

Session Chairs:

Ernan Haruvy, The University of Texas at Dallas

Papers:

"Social Distance in a Virtual World Experiment"
Xin Li, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)

"Asset Market Prices and Strategies in Virtual World Experiments"
Ernan Haruvy, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)
Marina Fiedler, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

"Trust and Trustworthiness in Anonymous Virtual Worlds"
Sascha Christian Füllbrunn, University of Luxembourg (Contact Author)
Katharina Richwien, University of Magdeburg
Abdolkarim Sadrieh, University of Magdeburg

Discussants:

Glenn W. Harrison, Georgia State University
Elisabet Rutstrom, Georgia State University
Ernan Haruvy, The University of Texas at Dallas

 

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Saturday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
ESA
Session 16C
Contest Experiments

Organizers:

Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Salar Jahedi, University of Arkansas

Papers:

"Winner-Take-All and Proportional-Prize Contests: Theory and Experiment"
Roman M. Sheremeta, Chapman University (Contact Author)
Timothy N. Cason, Purdue University

"The Exclusion Principle in the All-Pay Auction"
Julia Schmid, Social Science Research Center (Contact Author)
Dietmar Fehr, Berlin Institute of Technology

"Golf Trips to Scotland: An Experimental Investigation of Voter Incentives"
Cortney S. Rodet, Florida State University (Contact Author)

"Time Discounting in Contests "
Salar Jahedi, University of Arkansas (Contact Author)
Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas

Discussants:

Julia Schmid, Social Science Research Center
Roman M. Sheremeta, Chapman University
John Lightle, Florida State University
Todd Swarthout, Georgia State University

 

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Saturday
3:00 - 4:45 p.m.
ESA
Session 16D
Behavioral Economics in Networks and Markets

Organizers:

Li Qi, Agnes Scott College

Session Chairs:

Li Qi, Agnes Scott College

Papers:

"The Impact of Hedging and Speculation on Portfolio Selection"
Li Qi, Agnes Scott College (Contact Author)
Lucy Ackert, Kennesaw State University
Bryan Church, Georgia Institute of Technology

"Endogenous Networks and Markets"
Patricia Higino Schneider, Agnes Scott College (Contact Author)
Alessandra Cassar, University of San Francisco
Daniel Friedman, University of California, Santa Cruz

"Irrationality in Laboratory Asset Markets: Is It Me or Is It You?"
Lucy Ackert, Kennesaw State University (Contact Author)
Brian D Kluger, University of Cincinnati
Li Qi, Agnes Scott College

"Overconfidence, Hindsight Bias and Trading Activity in an Experimental Asset Market"
Brian D Kluger, University of Cincinnati (Contact Author)
Patricia Chelley-Steeley, Aston University
James Steeley, Aston Business School

Discussants:

Jim Steely, Aston Unversity
Ann Gillette, Kennesaw State University
Patricia Higino Schneider, Agnes Scott College
Lucy Ackert, Kennesaw State University

 

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Sunday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
ESA
Session 16F
Market Experiments I

Organizers:

Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Calvin Blackwell, College of Charleston

Papers:

"Results from a Simple Prediction Contest"
Calvin Blackwell, College of Charleston (Contact Author)

"Diffusion of Responsibility in Markets"
John Lightle, Florida State University (Contact Author)
Sean M. Collins, Fordham University
John Hamman, Florida State University

Discussants:

Duncan James, Fordham University
Quoc Tran, The University of Texas at Dallas

 

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Sunday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
ESA
Session 16G
Risk Attitudes

Organizers:

Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Todd Swarthout, Georgia State University

Papers:

"Wealth, Framing, and Risk Preferences"
Duncan James, Fordham University (Contact Author)
R. Mark Isaac, Florida State University

"Sharing as Risk Pooling in a Social Dilemma Experiment"
Lance Howe, University of Alaska Anchorage (Contact Author)
Todd L. Cherry, Appalachian State University
James J. Murphy, University of Alaska Anchorage

"Causes and Consequences of Solidarity Among the Poor"
Angela C. M. de Oliveira, University of Massachusetts Amherst (Contact Author)
Rachel Croson, The University of Texas at Dallas
Catherine C. Eckel, The University of Texas at Dallas

"Direct Elicitation of Risk-controlled Time Preferences"
Todd Swarthout, Georgia State University (Contact Author)
Susan Laury, Georgia State University
Melayne Morgan McInnes, University of South Carolina
Erica Morgan, University of South Carolina

Discussants:

Vjollca Sadiraj, Georgia State University
Tara Larson Brown, The University of Texas at Arlington
Lance Howe, University of Alaska Anchorage
Salar Jahedi, University of Arkansas

 

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Sunday
2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
ESA
Session 16H
Experiments in Managerial Economics

Organizers:

Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Wafa Hakim Orman, The University of Alabama in Huntsville

Papers:

"How Does Social Distance Affect the Principal-Agent Framework? An Experimental Investigation"
Glenn Dutcher, Florida State University (Contact Author)

"An Experimental Investigation of Transfer Prices Setting"
Quoc Tran, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)
Rachel Croson, The University of Texas at Dallas
Barry J. Seldon, The University of Texas at Dallas

"Survival of the Strictest? An Experimental Examination of Club Goods"
Wafa Hakim Orman, The University of Alabama in Huntsville (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Wafa Hakim Orman, The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Calvin Blackwell, College of Charleston
Angela C. M. de Oliveira, University of Massachusetts Amherst

 

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Sunday
4:15 - 5:45 p.m.
ESA
Session 16I
Altruism and Behavior in Games

Organizers:

Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Robert Moir, University of New Brunswick-Saint John

Papers:

"The Impact of Relative Information on Allocations in a Dictator Game"
Abhijit Ramalingam, University of East Anglia (Contact Author)

"Revealed Altruism Without Independence of Irrelevant Alternatives"
Vjollca Sadiraj, Georgia State University (Contact Author)
James C. Cox, Georgia State University

"Strategy Framing in the One-Shot Prisoner’s Dilemma Game"
Robert Moir, University of New Brunswick-Saint John (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Marcela Tarazona, University of East Anglia
Wafa Hakim Orman, The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Cortney S. Rodet, Florida State University

 

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Monday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
ESA
Session 16J
Field Experiments

Organizers:

Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Tara Larson Brown, The University of Texas at Arlington

Papers:

"Environmental Attitudes and Cooperative Behavior in a Dallas Low Income Neighborhood"
Natalia Candelo Londono, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)
Rachel Croson, The University of Texas at Dallas
Catherine C. Eckel, The University of Texas at Dallas

"Spousal Control and Entitlement in Intra-household Allocation: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia"
Marcela Tarazona, University of East Anglia (Contact Author)
Cecile Jackson, University of East Anglia
Bereket Kebede, University of East Anglia
Alistair Munro, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Mitya Rao, University of East Anglia
Arjan Verschoor, University of East Anglia

"Strategic Ignorance and Natural Disaster Preparation, a Field Study"
Tara Larson Brown, The University of Texas at Arlington (Contact Author)
Catherine C. Eckel, The University of Texas at Dallas

Discussants:

Glenn Dutcher, Florida State University
Abhijit Ramalingam, University of East Anglia
David Johnson, Florida State University

 

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Monday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
ESA
Session 16K
Public Goods

Organizers:

Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Shabori Sen, University of Central Florida

Papers:

"Volunteer, Contribute, or Face Redistribution: Subjects Decide in a Necessary Public Goods Experiment"
Daniel T. Hall, High Point University (Contact Author)

"A Dynamic Public Good Game"
John Cadigan, Gettysburg College (Contact Author)
Patrick Wayland, United States Naval Academy
Pamela M. Schmitt, United States Naval Academy
Kurtis J. Swope, United States Naval Academy

"Dynamic Contributions to a Public Project with Increasing Per-Capita Returns"
Ronald J. Baker, II, Millersville University (Contact Author)
Matthew Halloran, Penn State Worthington Scranton

"Risk Perception in a Public Goods Experiment"
Shabori Sen, University of Central Florida (Contact Author)
Glenn W. Harrison, Georgia State University
Eva E. Rutstrom, University of Central Florida

Discussants:

Natalia Candelo Londono, The University of Texas at Dallas
Ronald J. Baker, II, Millersville University
Paul J. Ferraro, Georgia State University
Daniel T. Hall, High Point University

 

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Monday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
ESA
Session 16L
Group Cooperation Experiments

Organizers:

Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Sudipta Sarangi, Louisiana State University

Papers:

"Overcoming the Tragedy of the Commons: A Test of the Partnership Solution"
Neslihan Uler, University of Michigan (Contact Author)
Josh Cherry, University of Michigan
Steve Salant, University of Michigan

"Long-Term and Heterogeneous Treatment Effects from Non-Pecuniary Approaches to Common Pool Management: A Large-Scale Natural Field Experiment"
Paul J. Ferraro, Georgia State University (Contact Author)
Juan Jose Miranda, Georgia State University

"Making an Optimal Choice: Individual Versus Group Decisions"
Sudipta Sarangi, Louisiana State University (Contact Author)
Tibor Besedes, Georgia Institute of Technology
Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas
Sarah Marx, Louisiana State University
Mike Shor, Vanderbilt University

Discussants:

Sudipta Sarangi, Louisiana State University
Shabori Sen, University of Central Florida
Neslihan Uler, University of Michigan

 

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