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This paper considers a dynamic model of the evolution of open source software projects, focusing on the evolution of quality, contributing programmers, and users who contribute customer support to other users. Programmers who have used open source software are motivated by reciprocal altruism to...
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experimentally investigate the relationship between intrinsic and instrumental reciprocity by running a two-period repeated trust …, and that intrinsic reciprocity is rewarded. In fact, the total level of cooperation, in which trust is reciprocated, is …
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In many cultures and industries gifts are given in order to influence the recipient, often at the expense of a third party. Examples include business gifts of firms and lobbyists. In a series of experiments, we show that, even without incentive or informational effects, small gifts strongly...
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To understand why investors hold socially responsible mutual funds, we link administrative data to survey responses and behavior in incentivized experiments. We find that both social preferences and social signaling explain socially responsible investment (SRI) decisions. Financial motives play...
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return higher shares as second-movers in a trust game. Furthermore, they invest more in rewards and punishment when they can …
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trust are traits that explain permanent differences in the short-run volatility of public goods provision …
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determine individuals’ inclination to trust others? We implement an experimental environment that allows us to manipulate prior …’s willingness to trust others. We contrast this situation with a control condition where we keep all aspects of the prior …, subjects’ willingness to trust is substantially higher relative to subjects who made negative social experiences. No such …
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