Showing 1 - 10 of 5,008
Heuristics Hypothesis (SHH) proposes that fast instinctive decision making promotes cooperation in social dilemmas. In this paper …, we conduct a novel time-pressure experiment to shed light on the cognitive underpinnings of cooperation. Although we find … finding that fast and intuitive decision making promotes cooperation. Given payoff comprehension, the SHH predicts behavior …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011480458
We study how the willingness to enter long-term bilateral relationships affects cooperation even when parties have … little information about each other, ex ante, and cooperation is otherwise unenforceable. We experimentally investigate a … research, longer interactions facilitate cooperation. However, many individuals avoid long-term commitment, with uncooperative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332040
Economists are increasingly interested in the cognitive basis of pro-social behavior. Using response time data, several authors have claimed that "fairness is intuitive". In light of conflicting empirical evidence, we provide theoretical arguments showing under which circumstances an increase...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688293
cooperation is shaped by the way information about risk is presented (from description or from experience) and by differences in … lotteries with equivalent levels of risk. Cooperation rates in games vary with different levels of risk across decision … stochastic social dilemmas than in the lotteries. The findings highlight how an uncertain environment shapes cooperation and call …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291829
We experimentally investigate behavior and beliefs in a sequential prisoner’s dilemma. Each subject had to choose an action as first-mover and a conditional action as second-mover. All subjects also had to state their beliefs about others’ second-mover choices. We find that subjects’...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011615913
cooperation in the presence of "multi-directedness", whereby people's preferences depend on their psychological motives. People …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011414791
cooperation in the presence of "multi-directedness," whereby people's preferences depend on their psychological motives. People …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479221
The sanctioning of norm-violating behavior by an effective formal authority is an efficient solution for social dilemmas. It is in the self-interest of voters and is often favorably contrasted with letting citizens take punishment into their own hands. Allowing informal sanctions, by contrast,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287730
We implement a one-week partial sleep restriction protocol to investigate the effect of sleep deprivation on joint production in a standard voluntary contributions mechanism (VCM) experiment. Additionally, the effect of sleep restriction on an individual's likelihood of sending costly peer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744535
conflicts. A first experiment shows that a between-group conflict leads to within-group cooperation and particularly individuals … personal costs of within-group versus collective cooperation, supporting the weighted average social preference theory by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369323