systematically refutes the self-interest hypothesis and suggests that many people are strongly motivated by concerns for fairness and … reciprocity. Moreover, several theoretical papers have been written showing that the observed phenomena can be explained in a … insights into the nature of preferences and into the relative performance of competing theories of fairness. The purpose of …

We use the trust and the dictator games to explore the effects of religious identity on trust, trustworthiness …, prosociality, and conditional reciprocity within a beliefs-based model. We provide a novel and rigorous theoretical model to derive … beliefs-based mechanism for the effects of religious identity. More religious subjects expect greater prosociality/reciprocity …

), common economic interests, and a shared identity influences altruism, reciprocity and trust of EU citizens. We find that … priming the COVID-19 pandemic increases altruism and reciprocity towards compatriots, citizens of other EU countries, and non …-EU citizens. Priming common European values also boosts altruism and reciprocity but only towards compatriots and fellow Europeans …

important in many interactions, we study a theoretical model on reciprocity where a player's altruism depends on her perception … of the other player’s altruism towards herself. We analyze a sequential two-player contest and vary the second mover … evidence that reciprocity does not play a role for lying behavior in our setting …

), common economic interests, and a shared identity influences altruism, reciprocity and trust of EU citizens. We find that … priming the COVID-19 pandemic increases altruism and reciprocity towards compatriots, citizens of other EU countries, and non …-EU citizens. Priming common European values also boosts altruism and reciprocity but only towards compatriots and fellow Europeans …

Indirect reciprocity is defined as a specific kind of behavior: An agent rewards or penalizes another agent for having … behaved kindly or unkindly toward a third party. This paper analyzes the question of what drives indirect reciprocity: Does …'s behavior as a signal of how the latter would treat her if they met? In order to measure the relative importance of the altruism …

-interest, providing strong evidence for pocketbook voting. However, social preferences like altruism, public good considerations and …