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Explaining cooperative behavior in public goods games : how preferences and beliefs affect contribution levels
Ackermann, Kurt A.; Murphy, Ryan O. - In: Games 10 (2019) 1/15, pp. 1-34
public goods problems in several important ways. We measure social preferences and concurrently elicit beliefs on the … individual level using multiple methods, and at multiple times during the experiment. With this rich set of predictor variables … repeated interaction. We show that when heterogeneity in people’s preferences and beliefs is taken into consideration, more …
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Norm enforcement in social dilemmas : an experiment with police commissioners
Dickinson, David L.; Masclet, David; Villeval, Marie-Claire - 2014
Do individuals trained in law enforcement punish or reward differently from typical student subjects? We analyze norm enforcement behavior of newly appointed police commissioners in both a Voluntary Contribution Mechanism game and a Common Pool Resource game. Our experimental design includes...
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Exclusion and reintegration in a social dilemma
Solda, Alice; Villeval, Marie-Claire - 2017
Using a negatively framed public good game, we study the cooperative behavior of individuals who reintegrate their group after being excluded by their peers. We manipulate the length of exclusion and whether this length is imposed exogenously or results from a vote. We show that people are...
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Catalysts for cooperation : consistent contributors in public good dilemmas
Weber, J. Mark - 2004
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Punishment, cooperation, and cheater detection in "noisy" social exchange
Bornstein, Gary; Weisel, Ori - 2009
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The importance of emotions for the effectiveness of social punishment
Hopfensitz, Astrid; Reuben, Ernesto - 2006
This paper experimentally explores how the enforcement of cooperative behavior in a social dilemma is facilitated through institutional as well as emotional mechanisms. Recent studies emphasize the importance of negatively valued emotions, such as anger, which motivate individuals to punish free...
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Strong reciprocity and norms of cooperation : is there cross-cultural variation?
Gächter, Simon - In: Keio economic studies 48 (2012), pp. 119-122
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Norm enforcement in social dilemmas : an experiment with police commissioners
Dickinson, David L.; Masclet, David; Villeval, Marie-Claire - 2014
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Human pro-social motivation and the maintenance of social order
Gächter, Simon - 2014
This chapter presents some insights from basic behavioural research on the role of human pro-social motivation to maintain social order. I argue that social order can be conceptualised as a public good game. Past attempts to explain social order typically relied on the assumption of selfish and...
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Human pro-social motivation and the maintenance of social order
Gaechter, Simon - 2014
This chapter presents some insights from basic behavioural research on the role of human pro-social motivation to maintain social order. I argue that social order can be conceptualized as a public good game. Past attempts to explain social order typically relied on the assumption of selfish and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337527