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A theory of reciprocity
Falk, Armin; Fischbacher, Urs - 2001
This paper presents a formal theory of reciprocity. Reciprocity means that people reward kind actions and punish unkind ones. The theory takes into account that people evaluate the kindness of an action not only by its consequences but also by the intention underlying this action. The theory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011398368
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Competitive work environments and social preferences : field experimental evidence from a Japanese fishing community
Carpenter, Jeffrey P. (contributor); Seki, Erika (contributor) - 2005
different amounts of competition on-the-job and that these differences explain differences in cooperation in our experiment …, perceptions of competition faced on-the-job and the treatment effect of job incentives explain these differences in cooperation to … a large extent. -- field experiment ; cooperation ; social disapproval ; social preference ; competition ; Japan …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003039639
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Competitive Work Environments and Social Preferences : Field Experimental Evidence from a Japanese Fishing Community
Seki, Erika; Carpenter, Jeffrey P. - 2021
different amounts of competition on-the-job and that these differences explain differences in cooperation in our experiment …, perceptions of competition faced on-the-job and the treatment effect of job incentives explain these differences in cooperation to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318364
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A Theory of Fairness, Competition and Cooperation
Fehr, Ernst - 2003
bargaining situations. There is also strong evidence that people exploit free-riding opportunities in voluntary cooperation games …. Yet, when they are given the opportunity to punish free riders, stable cooperation is maintained although punishment is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014222007
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Rank-order competition in the voluntary provision of impure public goods
Angelovski, Andrej; Neugebauer, Tibor; Servátka, Maroš - 2019
Publicly provided goods often create differential payoffs due to timely or spatial distances of group members. We design and test a provision mechanism which utilizes rank competition to mitigate free-riding in impure public goods. In our Rank-Order Voluntary Contribution Mechanism...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012064430
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Altruism heterogeneity and quality competition among healthcare providers
Kairies-Schwarz, Nadja - 2014
New empirical evidence shows substantial heterogeneity in the altruism of healthcare providers. Spurred by this … evidence, we build a spatial quality competition model with altruism heterogeneity. We find that more altruistic healthcare … prefers more or less horizontal differentiation is in general ambiguous and depends on the level of altruism. The more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010417198
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The Economics of Fairness, Reciprocity and Altruism -€“ Experimental Evidence and New Theories
Fehr, Ernst; Schmidt, Klaus M. - 2005
Chapter written for the Handbook of Reciprocity, Gift-Giving and Altruism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010334040
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Becoming friends or foes? How competitive environments shape social preferences
Dimant, Eugen; Hyndmann, Kyle - 2019
We study the interaction between competition and social proximity on altruism, trust, and reciprocity. We decompose the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389689
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Theories of Fairness and Reciprocity. Evidence and Economic Applications
Fehr, Ernst; Schmidt, Klaus M. - 2001
Most economic models are based on the self-interest hypothesis that assumes that all people are exclusively motivated by their material self-interest. In recent years experimental economists have gathered overwhelming evidence that systematically refutes the self-interest hypothesis and suggests...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427343
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The Economics of Fairness, Reciprocity and Altruism – Experimental Evidence and New Theories
Fehr, Ernst; Schmidt, Klaus M. - 2005
altruism on economic decision making. It also reviews some new theoretical attempts to model the observed behavior. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427418