Social Comparisons and Pro-social Behavior : Testing "Conditional Cooperation" in a Field Experiment

People behave pro-socially in a wide variety of situations that standard economic theory is unable to explain. Social comparison is one explanation for such pro-social behavior: people contributeif others contribute or cooperate as well....

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Year of publication:	2003-06-10
Authors:	Frey, Bruno S. ; Meier, Stephan
Institutions:	Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung <Zürich>
Subject:	Kooperation \| Öffentliches Gut \| Public Property \| Prosoziales Verhalten \| Sozialverhalten \| Pro-social Behavior

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Extent:	516096 bytes 31 p. application/pdf
Series:	Universität Zürich - Institut für empirische Wirtschaftsforschung - Publikationen Working Paper Series ; 162 (2003)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
ISSN:	1424-0459
Classification:	D64 - Altruism ; H41 - Public Goods ; Z13 - Social Norms and Social Capital ; Sociological and psychological aspects ; Personnel psychology ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; No country specification
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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