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Do norms on contribution behavior affect intrinsic motivation? : field-experimental evidence from Germany
Boyer, Pierre C.; Dwenger, Nadja; Rincke, Johannes - 2016
This paper studies how imposing norms on contribution behavior affects individuals' intrinsic motivation. We consider … legally a tax. We design a randomized field experiment with treatments informing individuals that the levy is a tax. We …, communicating the legal norm results in a significant crowd-out of intrinsic motivation. In contrast, strongly intrinsically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011509266
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On the behavioural relevance of optional and mandatory impure public goods
Engelmann, Dirk; Munro, Alistair; Valente, Marieta - In: Journal of economic psychology : research in economic … 61 (2017), pp. 134-144
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The impact of microfinance on pro-social behaviors : experimental evidence of public goods contributions in Uganda
McCannon, Bryan; Rodriguez, Zachary - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011523371
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Pocketbook voting and social preferences in referenda
Meya, Johannes; Poutvaara, Panu; Schwager, Robert - 2015
-interest, providing strong evidence for pocketbook voting. However, social preferences like altruism, public good considerations and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010496966
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Pocketbook voting, social preferences, and expressive motives in referenda
Meya, Johannes; Poutvaara, Panu; Schwager, Robert - 2017
strongly influence participation and voting. However, social or expressive motives, such as stated altruism, environmental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011657009
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More than outcomes : the role of self-image in other-regarding behavior
Matthey, Astrid; Regner, Tobias - 2014
We conduct a modified dictator game in order to analyze the role self-image concerns play in other-regarding behavior. While we generally follow Konow (2000), a cognitive dissonance-based model of other-regarding behavior in dictator games, we relax one of its assumptions as we allow for...
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Selfish learning is more important than fair-minded conditional cooperation in public goods games
Burton-Chellew, Maxwell N.; Guérin, Claire - 2021
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The strategy method risks conflating confusion with a social preference for conditional cooperation in public goods games
Burton-Chellew, Maxwell N.; D'Amico, Victoire; Guérin, … - In: Games 13 (2022) 6, pp. 1-10
The strategy method is often used in public goods games to measure an individual's willingness to cooperate depending on the level of cooperation by their groupmates (conditional cooperation). However, while the strategy method is informative, it risks conflating confusion with a desire for fair...
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Giving and probability
Kellner, Christian; Reinstein, David; Riener, Gerhard; … - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288765
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Stochastic income and conditional generosity
Kellner, Christian; Reinstein, David; Riener, Gerhard - 2015
We study how other-regarding behavior extends to environments with uncertain income and conditional commitments. Should fundraisers ask a banker to donate "if he earns a bonus" or wait and ask after the bonus is known? Standard EU theory predicts these are equivalent; loss-aversion and signaling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346238