The behavioural mechanisms of voluntary cooperation in WEIRD and non-WEIRD societies

Till O. Weber, Benjamin Beranek, Simon Gächter, Fatima Lambarraa-Lehnhardt, and Jonathan F. Schulz

We provide a framework to uncover behavioural mechanisms driving potential cross-societal differences in voluntary cooperation. We deploy our framework in one-shot public goods experiments in the US and the UK, and in Morocco and Turkey. We find that cooperation is higher in the US and UK than in Morocco and Turkey. Our framework shows that this result is driven mostly by differences in beliefs rather than in cooperative preferences, or peer punishment, which are both similar in the four subject pools. Our results highlight the central role of beliefs in explaining differences in voluntary cooperation within and across societies.

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Year of publication:	June 2021
Authors:	Weber, Till O. ; Beranek, Benjamin ; Gächter, Simon ; Lambarraa-Lehnhardt, Fatima ; Schulz, Jonathan F.
Publisher:	Nottingham : CEDEX, Centre for Decision Research & Experimental Economics
Subject:	voluntary cooperation \| experiments \| public goods \| cross-societal differences \| behavioural framework \| Öffentliche Güter \| Public goods \| Experiment \| Kooperation \| Cooperation \| Theorie \| Theory \| Verhaltensökonomik \| Behavioral economics \| Selbstverpflichtung \| Voluntary agreement

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (circa 68 Seiten) Illustrationen
Series:	CEDEX discussion paper series. - Nottingham : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 1749-3293, ZDB-ID 2105636-5. - Vol. no. 2021, 03
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature ; Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/248294 [Handle]
Classification:	C9 - Design of Experiments ; H4 - Publicly Provided Goods ; C7 - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory ; D2 - Production and Organizations
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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