Lab Experiment

Spoiling the party. Experimental evidence on the willingness to transmit inconvenient ethical information

Information about the consequences of our consumption choices can be unwelcome, and people sometimes avoid it. Thus, when people possess information that is inconvenient for another person, they may face a dilemma about whether to inform them. We …

Risk reduction in compulsory disaster insurance: Experimental evidence on moral hazard and financial incentives

In a world in which economic losses due to natural disasters are expected to increase, it is important to study risk reduction strategies, including individual investments of homeowners in damage reducing (mitigation) measures. We use a lab …