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The fetters of the sib: Weber meets Darwin
Alger, Ingela; Weibull, Jörgen W. - 2007
other. We show that altruism has a non-monotonic effect on effort. We study how this effect depends on climate, the …
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Family ties, incentives and development: A model of coerced altruism
Alger, Ingela; Weibull, Jörgen W. - 2007
mixture of true and coerced altruism between family members. We model families as pairs of siblings. Each sibling exerts … actuarially fair formal insurance. We show that coerced family altruism reduces individual efforts in equilibrium. However …, individuals always benefit ex ante from living in families with coerced altruism, as compared with living in autarky. We show that …
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Reconciling Pro-Social vs. Selfish Behavior: Evidence for the Role of Self-Control
Martinsson, Peter; Myrseth, Kristian Ove R.; Wollbrant, … - 2010
We test the proposition that individuals may experience a self-control conflict between short-term temptation to be selfish and better judgment to act pro-socially. Using a dictator game and a public goods game, we manipulated the likelihood that individuals identified self-control conflict, and...
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Motivating altruism: a field study
Lacetera, Nicola; Macis, Mario - 2008
This paper analyzes the effects of a legislative provision that grants a one-day paid leave of absence to blood donors who are employees in Italy. The analysis is based on a unique dataset with the complete donation histories of the blood donors in an Italian town. The cross-sectional variation...
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Will there be blood? Incentives and substitution effects in pro-social behavior
Lacetera, Nicola; Macis, Mario; Slonim, Robert - 2009
We examine how economic incentives affect pro-social behavior through the analysis of a unique dataset with information on more than 14,000 American Red Cross blood drives. Our findings are consistent with blood donors responding to incentives in a standard way; offering donors economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269489
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Do all material incentives for prosocial activities backfire? The response to cash and non-cash incentives for blood donations
Lacetera, Nicola; Macis, Mario - 2009
Experimental studies document that financial rewards discourage the performance of altruistic activities, because they destroy intrinsic altruistic motivations. We set up a randomized-controlled experiment, through a survey administered to 467 blood donors in an Italian town, and find that...
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Anticipated verbal feedback induces altruistic behavior
Ellingsen, Tore; Johannesson, Magnus - 2007
A distinctive feature of humans compared to other species is the high rate of cooperation with non-kin. One explanation is that humans are motivated by concerns for social esteem. In this paper we experimentally investigate the impact of anticipated verbal feedback on altruistic behavior. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281443
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Charity auctions for the happy few
Bos, Olivier - 2008
Recent literature has shown that all-pay auctions raise more money for charity than winner-pay auctions. We demonstrate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264437
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Doing good or doing well? Image motivation and monetary incentives in behaving prosocially
Ariely, Dan; Bracha, Anat; Meier, Stephan - 2007
This paper experimentally examines image motivation the desire to be liked and well-regarded by others as a driver in prosocial behavior (doing good), and asks whether extrinsic monetary incentives (doing well) have a detrimental effect on prosocial behavior due to crowding out of image...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268208
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Doing good or doing well? Image motivation and monetary incentives in behaving prosocially
Ariely, Dan; Bracha, Anat; Meier, Stephan - 2007
This paper examines image motivationthe desire to be liked and well-regarded by others as a driver in prosocial behavior (doing good), and asks whether extrinsic monetary incentives (doing well) have a detrimental effect on prosocial behavior due to crowding out of image motivation. By...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280888