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In this study, we estimate unadjusted and adjusted gender gap in time preference, risk attitudes, altruism, trust …, trustworthiness, cooperation and competitiveness using data on 1088 high-school students from 53 classes. These data, collected by … patience, time inconsistency and cooperation at the 5% significance level. We also show that these initial gender differences …
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employed in cooperatives.We gathered incentive-compatible measures of risk preferences, time preferences, reciprocity, altruism …
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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...
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pillar is internalized norms of cooperation, sustained by emotions such as guilt and shame. The second pillar is the … motivation can sustain cooperation if enough people cooperate but can jeopardise social order if many others follow selfish …
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This paper experimentally examines how religious festivals and the degree of religiosity affect cooperation and … religious festivals other than the normal daily prayers. The overall results show no differences in cooperation or altruistic … differences in beliefs about others contributions. By and large, this indicates the importance of conditional cooperation …
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This paper experimentally examines how religious festivals and the degree of religiosity affect cooperation and … religious festivals other than the normal daily prayers. The overall results show no differences in cooperation or altruistic … differences in beliefs about others contributions. By and large, this indicates the importance of conditional cooperation …
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determinants of norm enforcement. -- norm enforcement ; social norms ; field experiment ; altruistic punishment ; cooperation …
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This paper combines several large-scale surveys with different identification strategies to shed new light on the determinants of cooperative behavior. We provide evidence indicating that the well-being maximizing level of trust is above the income maximizing level. Higher trust is also linked...
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Evidence of gender differences in cooperation in social dilemmas is inconclusive. This paper experimentally elicits …
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