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Institutions, shared guilt, and moral transgression

Rothenhäusler, Dominik; Schweizer, Nikolaus; Szech, Nora - 2015

Many tasks can only be completed if several people contribute. Likewise, many institutions, e.g. voting rules, require the support of several people to implement specific decisions. In such situations, individual costs from supporting may decrease in the number of supporters. This holds true for...

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"It's not about the money. It's about sending a message!" : unpacking the components of revenge

Molńar, András; Chaudhry, Shereen J.; Loewenstein, … - 2020

We examine whether belief-based preferences - caring about what transgressors believe - play a crucial role in punishment decisions: Do punishers want to make sure that transgressors understand why they are being punished, and is this desire to affect beliefs often prioritized over distributive...

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International environmental agreements when countries behave morally

Eichner, Thomas; Pethig, Rüdiger - 2022

In the standard theoretical literature on forming international environmental agreements (IEAs) countries use to be self-interested materialists and stable coalitions are small. This paper analyzes IEA games with countries that exhibit Kantian moral behavior. Countries may behave morally with...

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The optimal design of assisted reproductive technologies policies

Leroux, Marie-Louise; Pestieau, Pierre; Ponthiere, Gregory - 2022

This paper studies the optimal design of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) policies in an economy where …

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Autonomous vehicles : moral dilemmas and adoption incentives

Feess, Eberhard; Mühlheußer, Gerd - 2022

In unavoidable traffic accidents, autonomous vehicles (AVs) face the dilemma of protecting either the passenger(s) or third parties. Recent studies show that most people prefer AVs following a utilitarian approach by minimizing total harm. At the same time, however, they would adopt an AV only...

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Honesty nudges : effect varies with content but not with timing

Le Maux, Benoît; Necker, Sarah - 2023

We use a ten-round online mind game to determine whether the effect of honesty nudges depends on timing and content. Reminding individuals about the right thing to do increases honesty. Including information that it is possible to assess an individual's dishonesty strengthens the effect of the...

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Moral motive selection in the lying-dictator game

Barron, Kai; Stüber, Robert; Veldhuizen, Roel van - 2022

An extensive literature documents that people are willing to sacrifice personal material gain to adhere to a moral motive. Yet, less is known about what happens when moral motives are in conflict. We hypothesize that individuals engage in what we term "motive selection," namely adhering to the...

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Animal welfare, moral consumers and the optimal regulation of animal food production

Eichner, Thomas; Runkel, Marco - 2022

animal friendliness in a market economy falls short of the social animal friendliness used by the social planner when …

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Corruption in Russia : historic legacy and systemic nature

Schulze, Günther G.; Zakharov, Nikita - 2018

This paper argues that corruption in Russia is systemic in nature. Low wage levels of public officials provide strong … incentives to engage in corruption. As corruption is illegal, corrupt officials can be exposed any time, which enforces loyalty … towards the powers that be; thus corruption is a method of governance. We trace the systemic corruption back to the Mongolian …

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Religious tolerance as engine of innovation

Cinnirella, Francesco; Streb, Jochen - 2017

We argue that, for a given level of scientific knowledge, tolerance and diversity are conducive to technological creativity and innovation. In particular, we show that variations in innovation within Prussia during the second industrial revolution can be ascribed to differences in religious...

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