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between social group size and fundraising outcomes: (i) a positive relationship between group size and the total number of …
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Most economic models are based on the self-interest hypothesis that assumes that all people are exclusively motivated by their material self-interest. In recent years experimental economists have gathered overwhelming evidence that systematically refutes the self-interest hypothesis and suggests...
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Extensive research in economics explores generosity in monetary allocations. However, generosity often involves the allocation of non-monetary goods or experiences. Existing evidence suggests that generosity may be higher in such contexts, though no direct comparison exists. Here, we compare...
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with 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 …
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This paper studies how organizational design affects moral outcomes. Subjects face the decision to either kill mice for money or to save mice. We compare a Baseline treatment where subjects are fully pivotal to a Diffused-Pivotality treatment where subjects simultaneously choose in groups of...
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environments, we use a laboratory experiment in which we form groups and assign leadership roles at random. We study an environment … behavior. Moreover, appointing leaders who are likely to have acted dishonestly in a preliminary stage of the experiment yields …
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This paper presents evidence from a field experiment, which aims to identify the two sources of workers’ pro …-social motivation that have been considered in the literature: action-oriented altruism and output-oriented altruism. To this end we …-oriented altruism. We then compare the latter to effort exerted in an environment where both types of altruistic preferences are …
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Empirical evidence is provided for the importance of non-reciprocal pro-social behavior of individuals in an anonymous, n-person pure public good setting. A unique panel data set of 136,000 observations is matched with an extensive survey. Even under anonymous conditions, a large number of...
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Recent literature has shown that all-pay auctions raise more money for charity than winner-pay auctions. We demonstrate …
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experiment, in which subjects enter data in four one-hour occasions and are paid a piece rate. From the second occasion onwards … want to donate a share of their earnings to a charity of their choice. We find that, despite large differences in earnings … members of the two groups indicating that subjects in this experiment do not treat charitable giving as a normal good. …
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