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Tradeoffs between self-interest and other-regarding preferences cause willpower depletion
Fromell, Hanna; Nosenzo, Daniele; Owens, Trudy - 2014
deplete cognitive resources and willpower and thus reduce individuals' ability to exert self-control. In a lab experiment we …
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Altruism, fast and slow? : evidence from a meta-analysis and a new experiment
Fromell, Hanna; Nosenzo, Daniele; Owens, Trudy - 2018
results of a meta-study of the literature and a new experiment. Our meta-study is based on 19 experimental studies conducted … the direction of the effect of the intervention. We design a new experiment that is not vulnerable to this potential … intuitive and deliberative systems. Taken together, the findings of our meta-study and the new experiment offer little support …
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One size doesn't fit all : plurality of social norms and saving behavior in Kenya
Fromell, Hanna; Nosenzo, Daniele; Owens, Trudy; Tufano, … - 2019
We measure the social norms of sharing income with kin and neighbors in villages in Kenya. We find a plurality of norms: from a strict norm prohibiting wealth accumulation to a norm facilitating saving. Several individual and social network characteristics predict the norms upheld; the pro-saving...
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