We study the relative importance of intrinsic moral motivation and extrinsic social motivation in explaining behavior … findings. First, intrinsic moral motivation is of fundamental importance. Second, extrinsic social motivation matters and is … crowding-in with intrinsic moral motivation. Third, extrinsic social motivation generates behavior consistent with some …

motive that most closely aligns with their personal interest. We test this hypothesis using a laboratory experiment that …

hypothesis using a laboratory experiment that induces a conflict between two of the most-studied moral motives: fairness and …

In this paper we develop a theoretical model concerning self-control, motivation and commitment. The model, based on … Gul and Pesendorfer (2001), studies a two-period decision problem of an agent who faces a given menu and might experience …, inferior and has to exercise self-control to resist temptation. A random, time-variant degree of motivation is introduced to …

it becomes scarce. In the second, restraint serves to conceal the actor's intrinsic motivation. In both cases, not …