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-interest, providing strong evidence for pocketbook voting. However, social preferences like altruism, public good considerations and …
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In a family context with endogenous timing, multiple public goods and alternative parental instruments, we show that the optimal timing for the sequential-action game played by rotten kids and a parent depends crucially on whether the kids are homogeneous or heterogeneous. For homogeneous kids,...
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making ; choice behavior ; public goods ; experimental economics ; altruism ; fairness ; conditional reciprocity …
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Intergenerational altruism and contemporaneous cooperation are both important to the provision of long-lived public … problem with a constant discount rate and an endogenous annuity. -- overlapping generations ; altruism ; time consistency …
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on the one hand and the core property of an allocation on the other. In particular we show that it is an inhomogeneous … sacrifice") which is derived from the egalitarian-equivalent concept suggested by Moulin (1987). We also develop a simple core … test by which it can be checked whether a given allocation is in the core thus being a possible outcome of a cooperative …
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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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may attract more responsible employees. -- altruism ; conditional ; cooperation ; self-selection …
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counterproductive when they diminish altruism, ethical norms and other social preferences. Evidence from 51 experimental studies …
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This paper presents a formal theory of reciprocity. Reciprocity means that people reward kind actions and punish unkind … ones. The theory takes into account that people evaluate the kindness of an action not only by its consequences but also by … the intention underlying this action. The theory explains the relevant stylized facts of a wide range of experimental …
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We report experimental findings on the role of charitable promises in bargaining settings. We vary the enforceability of such promises within variants of ultimatum games where the proposer suggest a split between himself, the responder and a char-itable donation. By reneging on initial pledges,...
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