特定領域研究（実験社会科学）研究会（RIEBセミナー／実験経済学研究部会共催）
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas(Experimental Social Sciences)Seminar （Jointly supported by RIEB Seminar / Experimental Economics Workshop）
| 日時 (Date&Time) |
2010年9月28日（火）午後3時15分から （Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 3:15pm～） |
|---|---|
| 報告者 (Speaker) |
森田 穂高（Hodaka MORITA） |
| 所属 (Affiliation) |
ニューサウスウェールズ大学オーストラリアン・スクール・オブ・ビジネス 経済学部／神戸大学経済経営研究所 (School of Economics, Australian School of Business, The University of New South Wales / RIEB, Kobe University) |
| 論題 (Topic) |
Group Identity and Relation-specific Investment: An Experimental Investigation |
| 概要 (Abstract) |
The hold-up problem has played a central role in the study of firm boundaries that originated with the pathbreaking essay by Coase (1937). This paper studies a previouslyunexplored mechanism through which vertical integration could resolve the hold-up problem. Based on Tajfel and Turner’s (1979) social identification theory, we hypothesize that team membership increases the degree of altruism towards another team member,and this in turn helps resolving the hold-up problem. We experimentally test this hypothesis.Prior to playing a standard hold-up game, subjects are randomly divided into two teams and given their respective team uniforms to wear. The experiment places subjects in two settings: in one condition they play the game with a member of their own team and in the other condition they play the game with a member of the other team. Interpreting the former same-team treatment as vertical integration, we investigate whether or not sense of unity created by team membership helps resolving the hold-up problem in our experimental setup. |
| 会場 (Place) |
神戸大学経済経営研究所 調査室（兼松記念館1階） Seminar Room at RIEB (Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st Floor) |
| 対象 (Intended Audience) |
教員，院生，学部生，および同等の知識をお持ちの方 Faculty, Graduate Students, Undergraduates, and People with Equivalent Knowledge |
| 使用言語 (Language) |
日本語 Japanese |
| 備考 (Note) |
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