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Does altruism and morality lead to socially better outcomes in strategic interactions than selfishness? We shed some … material payoff if others were to act like himself or herself. It turns out that both altruism and morality may improve or … worsen equilibrium outcomes, depending on the nature of the game. Not surprisingly, both altruism and morality improve the …
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This paper investigates how the introduction of social preferences affects players’ equilibrium behavior in both the one-shot and the infinitely repeated version of the Prisoner’s Dilemma game. We show that fairness concerns operate as a ”substitute” for time discounting in the...
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This paper reports a new and significant experimental demonstration that market participants adjust their bids towards the price observed in previous market periods when - by design - individuals' values should not be affiliated with the market price. This demonstration implies that market...
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In this paper we show that making choices that involve conflicts between self-interest and otherregarding concerns may deplete cognitive resources and willpower and thus reduce individuals' ability to exert self-control. In a lab experiment we use a series of modified dictator games to...
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