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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...
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Some of the most fundamental questions concerning our evolutionary origins, our social relations, and the organization of society are centred around issues of altruism and selfishness. Experimental evidence indicates that human altruism is a powerful force and is unique in the animal world....
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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...
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In this paper we show that a simple model of fairness preferences explains major experimental regularities of common …
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theories of fairness and reciprocity capture these forces. We find that cooperators' punishment is almost exclusively targeted … between different fairness principles. Fairness theories that are based on the assumption that players compare their own … the defectors. Fairness theories assuming that players aim to minimize payoff inequalities cannot explain the fact that …
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exclusively based on preferences over the distribution of material pay-offs. Models that take into account players’ fairness …
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In this paper we show that a simple model of reciprocal preferences explains major experimental regularities of common pool resource (CPR) experiments. The evidence indicates that in standard CPR games without communication and without sanctioning possibilities inefficient excess appropriation...
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Recently developed models of fairness can explain a wide variety of seemingly contradictory facts. The most … controversial and yet unresolved issue in the modeling of fairness preferences concerns the behavioral relevance of fairness … intentions. Intuitively, fairness intentions seem to play an important role in economic relations, political struggles and legal …
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exclusively based on preferences over the distribution of material payoffs. Models that take into account players’ fairness …
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