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Does democratic decision-making process enhance cooperation among children and adolescents? A large-scale lab-in-the-field experiment with students 民主决策过程是否能加强儿童和青少年之间的合作？与学生一起进行的大规模野外实验室实验

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Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2026.107432

Yexin Zhou 周晔馨 , Siwei Chen 陈思玮 , Jubo Yan 闫巨博

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Forced experimentation: An analysis of multi-armed bandits with an inconsistent option 强迫实验：具有不一致选择的多武装强盗的分析

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Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2026.107434

Stanton Hudja , Daniel Woods , J. Braxton Gately

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Measuring social norms: direct and indirect methods and the role of financial incentives in reducing misreporting 衡量社会规范：直接和间接方法以及财政激励在减少误报中的作用

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Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2026.107465

Ann-Kristin Reitmann , Clotilde Mahé , Micheline Goedhuys , Eleonora Nillesen

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Norms as a solution to the tragedy of the commons: A co-evolutionary model 规范作为公地悲剧的解决方案：一个共同进化模型

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Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2026.107433

Fabian Mankat

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WARNings – The impact of negative economic news on racial animus 警告-负面经济新闻对种族敌意的影响

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Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2025.107399

Adam Bestenbostel , Abigail Peralta

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A miscalculated risk: Investment choices under exponential growth bias 错误估计的风险：指数增长偏差下的投资选择

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Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2025.107365

Karna Basu

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Home ties, global trade: How clan culture shapes Chinese exports 家庭关系，全球贸易：宗族文化如何影响中国出口

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Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2026.107464

Yi Zhang , Chenchen Deng , Chun Liu , Yunyan Wei

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Diseases of commerce: Unbundling economic freedom and public health 商业之病：经济自由与公共健康的分离

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Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2026.107460

Vincent Geloso , Kelly Hyde , Ilia Murtazashvili

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Firm prominence and price framing 公司突出地位和价格框架

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Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2026.107458

Ioana Chioveanu , Yiquan Gu , Tobias Wenzel

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Dissolving an ambiguous partnership 解除暧昧的伙伴关系

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Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2026.107453

Jörg Oechssler , Alex Roomets

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