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Group identity and relation-specific investment : an experimental investigation
Morita, Hodaka; Servátka, Maroš - In: European economic review : EER 58 (2013), pp. 95-109
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009713160
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Group Identity and Relation-Specific Investment : An Experimental Investigation
Morita, Hodaka; Servátka, Maroš - 2011
essay by Coase (1937). This paper studies a previously unexplored mechanism by which integration between two parties could … identity increases the degree of altruism towards another group member, and this in turn helps resolve the hold-up problem. We … test this conjecture in a laboratory experiment. Our subjects were randomly divided into two teams and asked to wear their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014186886
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Symbols, Group Identity and the Hold-Up Problem
Morita, Hodaka - 2011
members. We use a laboratory experiment to study the role of group identity, created by the use of symbols, in mitigating the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117927
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Other-regarding preferences, group identity and political participation : an experiment
Robalo, Pedro; Schram, Arthur; Sonnemans, Joep - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010191396
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Reconciling Altruistic, Moralistic, and Ethical Behavior with the Rational Economic Agent and Competitive Markets
Altman, Morris - 2010
Contrary to some of the leading critiques of neoclassical theory, I argue that this theoretical framework can incorporate the moral dimension into the modeling of economic agents when the consequences of their choices are not answerable to market forces. Neoclassical theory, broadly defined,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014199020
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Gender differences in the development of other-regarding preferences
John, Katrin; Thomseny, Stephan L. - 2017
We use data from a gender-neutral dictator and public goods game setting to analyze differences in other-regarding preferences between boys and girls aged 10 to 17. The results indicate a higher mean of dictator giving, degree of egalitarian decisions and lower frequency of selfish decisions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011722118
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Tradeoffs between self-interest and other-regarding preferences cause willpower depletion
Fromell, Hanna; Nosenzo, Daniele; Owens, Trudy - 2014
deplete cognitive resources and willpower and thus reduce individuals' ability to exert self-control. In a lab experiment we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010436516
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Gender differences in the development of other-regarding preferences
John, Katrin; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2017
We use data from a gender-neutral dictator and public goods game setting to analyze differences in other-regarding preferences between boys and girls aged 10 to 17. The results indicate a higher mean of dictator giving, degree of egalitarian decisions and lower frequency of selfish decisions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011732376
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The development of egalitarianism, altruism, spite and parochialism in childhood and adolescence
Fehr, Ernst; Rützler, Daniela; Sutter, Matthias - 2011
strong decrease in spitefulness with increasing age. Egalitarianism becomes less frequent, and altruism much more prominent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294807
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The development of egalitarianism, altruism, spite and parochialism in childhood and adolescence
Fehr, Ernst; Rützler, Daniela; Sutter, Matthias - 2011
a strong decrease in spitefulness with increasing age. Egalitarianism becomes less frequent, and altruism much more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274872