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Reconciling pro-social vs. selfish behavior : evidence for the role of self-control
Martinsson, Peter; Myrseth, Kristian Ove R.; Wollbrant, … - 2010
We test the proposition that individuals may experience a self-control conflict between short-term temptation to be selfish and better judgment to act pro-socially. Using a dictator game and a public goods game, we manipulated the likelihood that individuals identified self-control conflict, and...
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The misaddressed letter experiment
Leigh, Gweneth; Leigh, Andrew - 2018
We design a new field experiment to test pro-social behaviour: will a household return a letter that has been incorrectly addressed? On average, we find that half of all letters were returned. Return rates do not vary significantly according to the gender, race or ethnicity of the fictitious...
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Ends versus means : Kantians, utilitarians, and moral decisions
Bénabou, Roland; Falk, Armin; Henkel, Luca - 2024 - This version: January 15, 2024
Choosing what is morally right can be based on the consequences (ends) resulting from the decision - the Consequentialist view - or on the conformity of the means involved with some overarching notion of duty - the Deontological view. Using a series of experiments, we investigate the overall...
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Social media charity campaigns and pro-social behaviour : evidence from the Ice Bucket Challenge
Fazio, Andrea; Reggiani, Tommaso; Scervini, Francesco - 2023
Social media use plays an important role in shaping individuals' social attitudes and economic behaviours. One of the first well-known examples of social media campaigns is the Ice Bucket Challenge (IBC), a charity campaign that went viral on social media networks in August 2014, aiming to...
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Chapter 1 Introduction to the Economics of Giving, Altruism and Reciprocity
Kolm, Serge-Christophe - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 1-122). 2006
Altruism, giving and pro-social conduct, and reciprocity, are the basis of the existence and performance of societies … (which they sometimes also create); and in charity and specific organizations. Altruism has various origins: it can be … hedonistic or natural altruism in empathy, affection, sympathy, emotional contagion, pity, and compassion; or normative altruism …
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Oxytocin, empathy, altruism and charitable giving : experimental evidence from blood donations
Jukić, Irena; Kovač, Dejan; Vuletić Čugalj, Danijela - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2023
altruism. We randomly assigned blood donors in the Croatian Institute for Transfusion Medicine to three groups with the aim to …
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It hurts to ask
Bénabou, Roland; Jaroszewicz, Ania; Loewenstein, George F. - 2022
We analyze the offering, asking, and granting of help or other benefits as a three-stage game with bilateral private information between a person in need of help and a potential help-giver. Asking entails the risk of rejection, which can be painful: since unawareness of the need can no longer be...
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Institutions, opportunism and prosocial behavior : some experimental evidence
Cabrales, Antonio; Clots-Figueras, Irma; Hernán … - 2020
(voting) choice of institutions. Whether voted or purchased, we find that there is demand for institutions in low …
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Institutions, opportunism and prosocial behavior : some experimental evidence
Cabrales, Antonio; Clots-Figueras, Irma; Hernán … - 2020
(voting) choice of institutions. Whether voted or purchased, we find that there is demand for institutions in low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012226471
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Institutions, opportunism and prosocial behavior : some experimental evidence
Cabrales, Antonio; Clots-Figueras, Irma; Hernán … - 2020
(voting) choice of institutions. Whether voted or purchased, we find that there is demand for institutions in low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012219890