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Fear, Trust and Demand for Regulation: Evidence from the Covid-19 Pandemic in Russia
Borisova, Ekaterina; Frye, Timothy; Schoors, Koen; … - 2022
, existing theories rooted in market failure and government failure have focused on various forms of trust, but have paid little … attention to fear. We test how fear and trust shape demand for government regulation by drawing on especially precise measures … fear of contracting the virus is directly related to greater demand for regulation. In addition, the impact of trust is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014290066
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Altruistic Observational Learning
March, Christoph; Ziegelmeyer, Anthony - 2016
We report two information cascade game experiments that directly test the impact of altruism on observational learning. Participants interact in two parallel sequences, the observed and the unobserved sequence. Only the actions of the observed entail informational benefits to subsequent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451413
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Fighting Climate Change: The Role of Norms, Preferences, and Moral Values
Falk, Armin; Andre, Peter; Boneva, Teodora; Chopra, Felix - 2021
We document individual willingness to fight climate change and its behavioral determinants in a large representative sample of US adults. Willingness to fight climate change – as measured through an incentivized donation decision – is highly heterogeneous across the population. Individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012657881
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Fighting Climate Change : The Role of Norms, Preferences, and Moral Values
Falk, Armin; Andre, Peter; Boneva, Teodora; Chopra, Felix - 2021
We document individual willingness to fight climate change and its behavioral determinants in a large representative sample of US adults. Willingness to fight climate change – as measured through an incentivized donation decision – is highly heterogeneous across the population. Individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013219074
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Economic incentives and social preferences : a preference-based Lucas critique of public policy
Bowles, Samuel; Polanía Reyes, Sandra - 2009
Policies and explicit private incentives designed for self-regarding individuals sometimes are less effective or even counterproductive when they diminish altruism, ethical norms and other social preferences. Evidence from 51 experimental studies indicates that this crowding out effect is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266032
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Culture and cooperation
Gächter, Simon; Herrmann, Benedikt; Thöni, Christian - 2010
Does the cultural background influence the success with which genetically unrelated individuals cooperate in social dilemma situations? In this paper we provide an answer by analyzing the data of Herrmann et al. (Science 2008, pp. 1362-1367), who study cooperation and punishment in sixteen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273873
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Ethnic diversity and preferences for redistribution
Dahlberg, Matz; Edmark, Karinq; Lundqvist, Heléne - 2011
In recent decades, the immigration of workers and refugees to Europe has increased substantially, and the composition of the population in many countries has consequently become much more heterogeneous in terms of ethnic background. If people exhibit in-group bias in the sense of being more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274773
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Directed generosity and network formation: Network dimension matters
D'Exelle, Ben; Riedl, Arno - 2010
We explore network effects on generosity for different network dimensions. To this end we elicit multiple network dimensions (friendship, social support, economic exchange, etc.) in a rural village in the Southern hemisphere and measure generosity with a sequence of dictator games conducted in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275012
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Equilibrium Vengeance
Friedman, Daniel; Singh, Nirvikar - 2002
This paper introduces two ideas, emotional state dependent utility components (ESDUCs), and evolutionary perfect Bayesian equilibrium (EPBE). Using a simple extensive form game, we illustrate the efficiency-enhancing role of a powerful ESDUC, the vengeance motive. Incorporating behavioral noise...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315425
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Fear, Trust and Demand for Regulation : Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic in Russia
Borisova, Ekaterina; Frye, Timothy; Schoors, Koen J. L.; … - 2023
, existing theories rooted in market failure and government failure have focused on various forms of trust, but have paid little … attention to fear. We test how fear and trust shape demand for government regulation by drawing on especially precise measures … fear of contracting the virus is directly related to greater demand for regulation. In addition, the impact of trust is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014261477