We explore whether individuals are averse to telling a Pareto white lie-a lie that benefits both themselves and another. We first review and summarize the existing evidence on Pareto white lies. We find that the evidence is relatively limited and varied in its conclusions. We then present new...

We study the intergeneration transmission of physicians' economic preferences by examining the risk and altruistic preferences of medical students and one of their parents with incentivized experiments. We find that altruistic parents are more likely to raise altruistic children who are also...

Rule compliance is an important way to achieve and sustain cooperation in large-scale societies. In this study, we investigate the impact of social identity on rule following behavior. First, using large-scale traffic violation data from a major city in China, we empirically showed that traffic...

We report experiments that investigate individuals' willingness to accept advice from artificial intelligence (AI)-based algorithms. We focus on the availability of data and the mechanism underpinning the algorithm as primary drivers of algorithm acceptance. Our findings indicate that providing...

We explore whether individuals are averse to telling a Pareto white lie-a lie that benefits both themselves and another. We first review and summarize the existing evidence on Pareto white lies. We find that the evidence is relatively limited and varied in its conclusions. We then present new...

We explore the extent to which information about the social value orientation (SVO) of group members influences contributions to a public good. We compare four networks of information - empty, pair, star and complete. We find that information about SVO has a significant impact on contributions...