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We study the intrapersonal relationship between trust and reciprocity in a laboratory experiment. Reciprocal subjects … trust significantly more than selfish ones. This finding raises questions about theories of social preferences which predict … that "fairer" players should trust less …
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they argue for or against mandatory participation? Should we have less redistribution and more actuarial fairness? How does …
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general population in a trust experiment. We find very similar behavioral patterns for the two groups. If anything, the level …
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We examine the effects of social preferences and beliefs about the social preferences of others in a simple leader-follower voluntary contributions game. We find that groups perform best when led by those who are reciprocally oriented. Part of the effect can be explained by a false consensus...
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We develop a model of manager-employee relationships where employees care more for their manager when they are more convinced that their manager cares for them. Managers can signal their altruistic feelings towards their employees in two ways: by offering a generous wage and by giving attention....
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aversion, time preference, altruism, positive reciprocity, negative reciprocity, and trust to uncover that contemporary …
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What determines people's moral judgments of selfish behaviors? Here we study whether people's normative views in trust …
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allows us to simultaneously estimate outcome-based and reciprocity-based social preferences.We find that non … reciprocity. The second type, denoted as moderately altruistic type, also puts positive weight on others' payoff, yet at a … considerable lower level, and displays no positive reciprocity, while the third type is behindness averse, i.e., puts a large …
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Other-regarding preferences are central for the ability to solve collective action problems and thus for society's welfare. We study how the formation of other-regarding preferences during childhood is related to parental background. Using binary-choice dictator games to classify subjects into...
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minimum altruism, in which child labor in a given family is judged relative to a specific social standard. Under this … criterion, child labor is exploitative only in families where the parent (or guardian) displays insufficient altruism towards …
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