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 …

the achievement of their (income) goals. Experiments show that behavioral factors such as trust and reciprocity play a … example, do they argue for or against mandatory participation? Should we have less redistribution and more actuarial fairness …

behavior of students and the general population in a trust experiment. We find very similar behavioral patterns for the two …

experimentally investigate the relationship between intrinsic and instrumental reciprocity by running a two-period repeated trust …, and that intrinsic reciprocity is rewarded. In fact, the total level of cooperation, in which trust is reciprocated, is … do not know and hence the second period comes as a surprise. We find that subjects anticipate instrumental reciprocity …

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