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Chapter 11 Natural Kantian or ZOO ECONOMICUS ? Evolutionary theories of selfishness and altruism among men and beasts
Bergstrom, Theodore C. - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 771-817). 2006
This paper addresses the question of whether our evolutionary history suggests that humans are likely to be individually selected selfish maximizers or group selected altruists. It surveys models from the literature of evolutionary biology in which groups are formed and dissolved and where the...
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Competing social identities and intergroup discrimination : evidence from a framed field experiment with high school students in Vietnam
Tam Kiet Vuong; Chan, Ho Fai; Torgler, Benno - 2021
that group identity is a key factor in the explanation of intergroup cooperation and competition. …
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Social Dilemma Cooperation (Unlike Dictator Game Giving) Is Intuitive for Men As Well As Women
Rand, David G. - 2017
depends on both the individual and the context. For example, non-zero-sum cooperation (e.g. in social dilemmas like the … favor social dilemma cooperation regardless of gender, but only favor DG giving among women. Here I present meta …-analytic evidence in support of this prediction. In 31 studies examining social dilemma cooperation (N=13,447), I find that promoting …
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Why is parochialism prevalent? : an evolutionary approach
Berg, Nathan; Kim, Jeong-yoo; Lee, Kyu-Min - In: Journal of economic interaction and coordination 16 (2021) 4, pp. 769-796
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Naïve imitation and partial cooperation in a local public goods model
Herings, Peter Jean-Jacques; Peeters, Ronald; Tenev, … - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 191 (2021), pp. 162-185
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Naïve imitation and partial cooperation in a local public goods model
Herings, Peter Jean-Jacques; Peeters, Ronald; Tenev, … - 2019
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The Effect of Social Information in the Dictator Game with a Taking Option
O'Garra, Tanya - 2019
We experimentally study how redistribution choices are affected by positive and negative information regarding the behaviour of a previous participant in a dictator game with a taking option. We use the strategy method to identify behavioural ‘types', and thus distinguish ‘conformists' from...
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When Rationality and Fairness Conflict : The Role of Cognitive-Control in the Ultimatum Game
Halali, Eliran; Bereby-Meyer, Yoella; Meiran, Nachshon - 2011
The ultimatum game models social exchange in situations in which the rational motive to maximize gains conflicts with fairness considerations. Using two independent behavioral measurements, the authors tested two contradicting predictions: that the preference for fairness is a deliberative...
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Bargaining and Network Structure : An Experiment
Charness, Gary; Corominas-Bosch, Margarida; Fréchette, … - 2006
We consider bargaining in a bipartite network of buyers and sellers, who can only trade with the limited number of people with whom they are connected. Such networks could arise due to proximity issues or restricted communication flows, as with information transmission of job openings, business...
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Social Versus Moral Preferences in the Ultimatum Game : A Theoretical Model and an Experiment
Capraro, Valerio - 2018
In the Ultimatum Game (UG) one player, named “proposer”, has to decide how to allocate a certain amount of money between herself and a “responder”. If the offer is greater than or equal to the responder’s minimum acceptable offer (MAO), then the money is split as proposed, otherwise,...
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