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A theory of reciprocity
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011398368
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Bargaining with charitable promises : true preferences and strategic behavior
Lange, Andreas; Schwirplies, Claudia - 2021
We report experimental findings on the role of charitable promises in bargaining settings. We vary the enforceability of such promises within variants of ultimatum games where the proposer suggest a split between himself, the responder and a char-itable donation. By reneging on initial pledges,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012534829
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Playing with the good guys : a public good game with endogenous group formation
Brekke, Kjell Arne; Hauge, Karen Evelyn; Lind, Jo Thori; … - 2009
may attract more responsible employees. -- altruism ; conditional ; cooperation ; self-selection …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003850332
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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
public goods experiment in which subjects were induced with the motives of Care and Anger through autobiographical recall …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011549564
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003826571
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A Theory of Reciprocity
Falk, Armin; Fischbacher, Urs - 2021
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321364
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Donations to increase productivity in public good production : experimental evidence
Struwe, Natalie; Blanco, Esther; Walker, James - 2023 - This version: March 2023
This research is inspired by in-kind donations that have the capacity to increase the marginal benefit (productivity) in provision of public goods, for example by providing critical infrastructure that increases the productivity of resources utilized by local public good providers. We provide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014246274
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Playing with the Good Guys - A Public Good Game with Endogenous Group Formation
Brekke, Kjell Arne - 2013
In public good games, voluntary contributions tend to start off high and decline as the game is repeated. If high contributors are matched, however, contributions tend to stay high. We propose a formalization predicting that high contributors will self-select into groups committed to charitable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013095928
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Between-group conflict and other-regarding preferences in nested social dilemmas
Böhm, Robert; Bornstein, Gary; Köppel, Hannes - 2014
conflicts. A first experiment shows that a between-group conflict leads to within-group cooperation and particularly individuals … second experiment reveals that prosocials' contributions to the group-specific or collective good vary as a function of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337030
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Public statements of good conduct promote pro-social behavior
Koessler, Ann-Kathrin; Page, Lionel; Dulleck, Uwe - 2018
goods experiment. Using a 'between-within subjects design' we identify three channels by which non-enforceable statements of …-oriented participants are more likely in the experiment to make a public statement. Second, in a commitment effect, participants who make a … statements of good conduct are in our experiment more effective over time. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011876145