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Mine and yours: Property rights in dictator games
- Robert J. Oxoby, John M. Spraggon
- Economics
- 1 March 2008
We conduct experiments on earned wealth effects in dictator games. In addition to a standard treatment in which wealth was determined by the experimenter, we conduct treatments in which the dictator… Expand
Exogenous Targeting Instruments as a Solution to Group Moral Hazards
- John M. Spraggon
- Economics
- 1 June 2002
The ability of four contracts within the general class of exogenous targeting instruments, proposed by Segerson (1988), to induce socially optimal outcomes in a group moral hazard environment is… Expand
Can Double Auctions Control Monopoly and Monopsony Power in Emissions Trading Markets
- A. Muller, Stuart Mestelman, John M. Spraggon, R. Godby
- Economics
- 1 July 2002
Abstract We conduct a laboratory experiment to investigate whether the double auction institution can suppress market power in emissions trading markets. We study 24 markets with varying market… Expand
Comparing the Effectiveness of Regulation and Pro�?Social Emotions to Enhance Cooperation: Experimental Evidence from Fishing Communities in Colombia
- M. C. Lopez, J. Murphy, John M. Spraggon, J. Stranlund
- Economics
- 1 January 2012
This paper presents the results from a series of framed field experiments conducted in fishing communities off the Caribbean coast of Colombia. The goal is to investigate the relative effectiveness… Expand
Testing ambient pollution instruments with heterogeneous agents
- John M. Spraggon
- Business
- 1 September 2004
Abstract This paper investigates the ability of ambient pollution instruments to induce a group of heterogeneous agents to choose a target outcome. Six controlled laboratory sessions were conducted… Expand
An experimental investigation of endowment source heterogeneity in two-person public good games
- John M. Spraggon, Robert J. Oxoby
- Economics
- 1 August 2009
We find an "inverse found money effect" in two-person public good experiments in which individuals earning their endowments contribute more and engage in "altruistic conditional cooperation" when… Expand
Thin and lumpy: An experimental investigation of water quality trading
- J. Suter, John M. Spraggon, Gregory L. Poe
- Economics
- 2011
Abstract Water quality trading schemes have generally not delivered the volume of cost-reducing trading activity that would warrant declaring them a success. In this paper we utilize laboratory… Expand
An Experimental Analysis of Compliance in Dynamic Emissions Markets
- J. Stranlund, J. Murphy, John M. Spraggon
- Business
- 1 November 2011
Two important design elements for emission trading programs are whether and to what extent firms are able to bank emissions permits, and how these programs are to be enforced. In this paper we… Expand
Does Government Regulation Complement Existing Community Efforts to Support Cooperation? Evidence from Field Experiments in Colombia
- M. C. Lopez, J. Murphy, John M. Spraggon, J. Stranlund
- Political Science
- 28 July 2008
In this paper we describe a field experiment conducted among mollusk harvesters in a community on the Pacific Coast of Columbia. The experiment is based on a standard linear public good and consists… Expand
Individual Decision Making in a Negative Externality Experiment
- John M. Spraggon
- Economics
- 1 October 2004
The experimental treatments analysed in this paper are simple in that there is a unique Nash equilibrium resulting in each player having a dominant strategy. However, the data show quite clearly that… Expand
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