This paper studies intertemporal social preferences. We introduce intertemporal dictator and ultimatum games where players decide on the timing of monetary payoffs. The setting is twodimensional rather than one-dimensional, in the sense that inequalities can arise in the time as well as in the...

In the Netherlands, the COVID-19 pandemic raised an acute social dilemma where citizens could decide whether to comply with the precautionary measures recommended by the government. This paper examines the role of consideration of others (COO) and consideration of the future in explaining...

In a 'smart' electricity distribution network, flexible distribution resources (FDRs) can be coordinated to improve efficiency. But coordination enables whoever controls such resources to exercise market power. The paper establishes the following efficiency rankings of market structures:...

In this paper, we examine the role of intertemporal and social preferences in explaining cooperation in social dilemmas. Recently, the COVID-19 pandemic caused an acute social dilemma in the Netherlands. In this dilemma, citizens had to decide whether or not to comply with the personal measures...