We develop a theory of prosocial behavior that combines heterogeneity in individual altruism and greed with concerns …

We build a theory of prosocial behaviour that combines heterogeneity in individual altruism and greed with concerns for …

bargaining norms in the case of ultimatum games. Tosubstantiate our claim, we conduct a methodological experiment in which …

We study with a sample of 1,070 primary school children, aged seven to eleven years, how altruism in a donation … experiment is related to children's risk attitudes and intertemporal choices. Examining such a relationship is motivated by … theories of reciprocal altruism that provide a cornerstone to understand human social behavior. We find that higher risk …

representative behavioral data from a social dilemma experiment. We identify which survey questions intended to elicit people's trust … correlate well with behaviorally exhibited trust in the experiment. People above the age of 65, highly skilled workers and …

data with representative behavioural data from a social dilemma experiment. We identify which survey questions intended to … elicit people’s trust correlate well with behaviourally exhibited trust in the experiment. People above the age of 65, highly …

Within a laboratory experiment we investigate a principal-agent game in which agents may, first, self-select into a … in work groups. The selection effect is larger than the motivation effect. …

A real effort experiment is investigated in which supervisors have to rate the performance of individual workers who in …