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Increasing Altruistic and Cooperative Behaviour with Simple Moral Nudges
Capraro, Valerio - 2019
The conflict between pro-self and pro-social behaviour is at the core of many key problems of our time, as, for example, the reduction of air pollution and the redistribution of scarce resources. For the well-being of our societies, it is thus crucial to find mechanisms to promote pro-social...
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When are Women More Generous than Men?
Deck, Cary A. - 2010
Previous research on gender differences in behavior has led to seemingly contradictory findings about generosity. From data generated by 290 subject pairs, we find that women are more sensitive than men to the costs of generous actions when deciding whether to be generous. The factors that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012716977
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When are Women More Generous than Men?
Cox, James C.; Deck, Cary A. - 2006
Previous research on gender differences in behavior has led to seemingly contradictory findings about generosity. From data generated by 290 subject pairs, we find that women are more sensitive than men to the costs of generous actions when deciding whether or not to be generous. The factors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014058912
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Altruism or Artefact? A Note on Dictator Game Giving
Bardsley, Nicholas - Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics … - 2005
Experimental dictator games have been used to explore unselfish behaviour. Evidence is presented here, however, that subjects’ generosity can be reversed by allowing them to take money from a partner. Dictator game giving therefore does not stem from orthodox social preferences. It can be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005453726
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Altruism or Artefact? A Note on Dictator Game Giving
Bardsley, Nicholas - Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics … - 2005
Experimental dictator games have been used to explore unselfish behaviour. Evidence is presented here, however, that subjects’ generosity can be reversed by allowing them to take money from a partner. Dictator game giving therefore does not stem from orthodox social preferences. It can be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010601962
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Evidence from an Experiment on Charity to Welfare Recipients : Reciprocity, Altruism and the Empathic Responsiveness Hypothesis
Fong, Christina M. - 2007
tests the effects of various measures of unconditional altruism and conditional or reciprocal altruism. The results show … strong support for conditional or reciprocal altruism. However, people who are self-reported unconditional altruists make … self-reported unconditional altruists have combined desires to help others and to reciprocate; unconditional altruism and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014049333
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Narrow framing in charitable giving : results from a two-period field experiment
Adena, Maja; Huck, Steffen - 2017
Do donors examine a single ask to donate in isolation or do they consider that other and future asks may come along? In the first year of our field experiment, we vary whether or not potential donors are informed that the ask will be repeated in the following year. This information has dramatic...
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THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN': The effect of institutions on behavior, cooperation, emotional attachment and sentiment at 26,000ft
Savage, David A.; Torgler, Benno - QUT Business School - 2013
This paper attempts to determine if the introduction of a competing social institution has had a significant effect and shifted the pro-social behavior in the extreme (life-and-death) environment of mountaineering in the Himalayan Mountains over the last sixty years. We apply an analytic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010668004
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The Times They Are a Changin': The Effect of Institutions on Behavior, Cooperation, Emotional Attachment and Sentiment at 26,000ft
Savage, David A.; Torgler, Benno - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2013
This paper attempts to determine if the introduction of a competing social institution has had a significant effect and shifted the pro-social behavior in the extreme (life-and-death) environment of mountaineering in the Himalayan Mountains over the last sixty years. We apply an analytic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010690319
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Harnessing Reciprocity to Promote Cooperation and the Provisioning of Public Goods
Rand, David G.; Yoeli, Erez; Hoffman, Moshe - 2015
How can we maximize the common good? This is a central organizing question of public policy design, across political parties and ideologies. The answer typically involves the provisioning of public goods such as fresh air, national defense, and knowledge. Public goods are costly to produce but...
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