We review the empirical literature that studies the effect of ethnic diversity on public
spending and on individual support for the welfare state. The survey puts a particular focus …

A growing body of empirical work measuring different types of cultural traits has shown that
culture matters for a variety of economic outcomes. This paper focuses on one specific …

Does the cultural background influence the success with which genetically unrelated
individuals cooperate in social dilemma situations? In this paper, we provide an answer by …

How does democratic politics inform the interdisciplinary debate on the evolution of human
co-operation and the social preferences (for example, trust, altruism and reciprocity) that …

This article develops a comparative institutionalist framework to investigate how pro-
enforcement reforms leading to a change in competition policy regimes attracts FDI in host …

The honesty of people in an online panel from 15 countries was measured in two
experiments: reporting a coin flip with a reward for “heads”, and an online quiz with the …

Decisions to trust in strategic situations involve ambiguity (unknown probabilities). Despite
many theoretical studies on ambiguity in game theory, empirical studies have lagged behind …

The sharp gap in development between the North and the South of Italy represents a
paradigmatic case of persistent within-country disparities. The evidence suggests that this …

Modern societies rely on both formal and social mechanisms to enforce social norms of
behavior. Formal enforcement mechanisms rely on monetary or other tangible incentives …

We extend the existing literature on gender differences in competitive behavior by
investigating tournament entry choices when a principal decides for an agent. In a laboratory …