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Falk, Armin; Fischbacher, Urs - 2001

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 explains the relevant stylized facts of a wide range of experimental …

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The influence of induced care and anger motives on behavior, beliefs and perceptions in a public goods game

Bartke, Simon; Bosworth, Steven; Snower, Dennis J.; … - 2016

This study analyzes the stability of preferences through the lens of psychological motives. We report the results of a public goods experiment in which subjects were induced with the motives of Care and Anger through autobiographical recall. Subjects' preferences, beliefs, and perceptions under...

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Incentives and the design of charitable fundraisers : lessons from a field experiment

Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Matthews, Peter Hans - 2015

There has been little systematic study of the mechanisms typically used to raise money for charity. One of the most common is the simple raffle in which participants purchase chances to win a prize at a constant price. We conduct a field experiment randomly assigning participants to four raffle...

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Morally Motivated self-regulation

Baron, David P. - In: The American economic review 100 (2010) 4, pp. 1299-1329

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Playing with the good guys : a public good game with endogenous group formation

Brekke, Kjell Arne (contributor) - 2009

may attract more responsible employees. -- Altruism ; conditional cooperation ; self-selection …

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A threshold for biological altruism in public goods games played in groups including kin

Rusch, Hannes - 2014 - Version: April 21, 2014

altruism turns into maximizing inclusive fitness in this game. I find that, on average, contributing no less than about 40% of …

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Cooperation is relative : income and framing effects with public goods

Brekke, Kjell Arne; Konow, James Douglas; Nyborg, Karine - 2012 - Publisert 21. mai. 2012 14:32 - Sist endret 21. mai. 2012 14:33

In social dilemmas, there is tension between cooperation that promotes the common good and the pursuit of individual interests. International climate change negotiations provide one example: although abatement costs are borne by individual countries, the benefits are shared globally. We study a...

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Pro-Social Behavior, Reciprocity or Both?

Frey, Bruno S.; Meier, Stephan - 2021

Empirical evidence is provided for the importance of non-reciprocal pro-social behavior of individuals in an anonymous, n-person pure public good setting. A unique panel data set of 136,000 observations is matched with an extensive survey. Even under anonymous conditions, a large number of...

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A Theory of Reciprocity

Falk, Armin; Fischbacher, Urs - 2021

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Gender and cooperative preferences on five continents

Furtner, Nadja C.; Kocher, Martin; Martinsson, Peter; … - 2016

Evidence of gender differences in cooperation in social dilemmas is inconclusive. This paper experimentally elicits unconditional contributions, a contribution vector (cooperative preferences), and beliefs about the level of others' contributions in variants of the public goods game. We show...

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