Engel, Christoph; Kurschilgen, Michael - Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung von … - 2015
According to Adam Smith (1790), human selfishness can be restrained by introspection. We test the effect of introspection on people’s willingness to cooperate in a public good game. Drawing on the concept of identity utility (George A. Akerlof and Rachel E. Kranton, 2000), we show...