In this paper we show that a simple model of fairness preferences explains major experimental regularities of common … pool resource (CPR) experiments. The evidence indicates that in standard CPR games without communication and without …

This paper presents a formal theory of reciprocity. Reciprocity means that people reward kind actions and punish unkind …

. Strong reciprocity means that people willingly repay gifts and punish the violation of cooperation and fairness norms even in …In recent years a large number of experimental studies have documented the existence of strong reciprocity among humans … that ultimate theories of kin selection, reciprocal altruism, costly signaling and indirect reciprocity do not provide …

by eroding motivation. The present paper shows that intention-based reciprocity can cause such motivational crowding …-out if individuals differ in their propensity for reciprocity and preferences are private information. Not being controlled …. -- extrinsic and intrinsic motivation ; crowding-out ; intention-based reciprocity ; incomplete information ; hidden costs of …

warm-glow motive. Second, the paper confirms the economic relevance of reciprocity by using field data. This extends the … current body of research on reciprocity, which is almost exclusively confined to laboratory studies. …

making ; choice behavior ; public goods ; experimental economics ; altruism ; fairness ; conditional reciprocity …-world dimension of free riding. In a cash-in-advance economy, free riding becomes a two-stage problem, while existing experiments only … the public good and leisure is valuable. Existing experiments start with a given number of "tokens" for each decision …