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lifting) matter less when individuals are more patient and altruistic, or exhibit less negative reciprocity. To account for …
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reciprocity, altruism, and trust from 80,000 individuals in 76 countries. The data reveal substantial heterogeneity in preferences …
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highlighting the role of reputation mechanisms in sustaining cooperation. Reputational concerns can deter defection in one … cooperation within a group, we show theoretically that interactions of individuals from a punishment-based culture with those from … a culture of image scoring can lead to widespread inter-group tensions. Mutual cooperation is a more likely outcome if …
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. We engage 745 individuals in a field experiment with three arms: (1) a control arm, (2) a weekly cash arm, and (3) a …
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-theoretic classroom competition model and data from the resettlement of Southeast Asian refugees in the US. The paper finds that variation …
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We study out-group biases in attitudes toward refugees, and the effect of European Union (EU) immigration policies on … these views, using an online survey experiment including 4,087 Italian participants. We assess attitudes using donations to … a randomly assigned group: Italian victims of violence or refugees fleeing wars in Ukraine or African countries. We also …
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We report the results of an online experiment studying preferences for giving and preferences for group …
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To understand the "pure" incentives of altruism, economic laboratory research on humans almost always forbids … communication between subjects. In reality, however, altruism usually requires interaction between givers and receivers, which … altruism are built on human sociality. We experimentally examine communication in which one subject allocates $10 between …
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altruism or warm glow, and individuals would rather not give but dislike saying no, e.g., due to social pressure. We design a … important determinant of door-to-door giving. Combining data from this and a complementary field experiment, we structurally …
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We present a dictator game experiment where the recipients are local charities that serve the poor. Donors consist of … respondents an audiovisual presentation about the recipients. The experiment yields three main findings. First, we find …
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