store. This result gives further support to the conclusion that subtle social cues can invoke reputation concerns in humans …

cooperation may be less than additive. Using a utility function embodying both reciprocity and altruism we show that unconditional … contribution costs and punishment costs. The range over which altruism inhibits cooperation and reduces material payo¢´s is greater … support near e¡Ë cient levels of contributions to a public good. Cooperation may also be supported if altruistic individuals …

cooperation may be less than additive. Using a utility function embodying both reciprocity and altruism we show that unconditional … contribution costs and punishment costs. The range over which altruism inhibits cooperation and reduces material payoffs is greater … support near efficient levels of contributions to a public good. Cooperation may also be supported if altruistic individuals …

This paper experimentally investigates the role of beliefs, trust, and risk in shaping cooperative behavior. By … applying incentivized elicitation methods to measure these concepts, we find that beliefs about others’ behavior and trust are … positively associated with cooperation in a public goods game. However, even though contributing unconditionally to a public good …

We study with a sample of 1,070 primary school children, aged seven to eleven years, how altruism in a donation … theories of reciprocal altruism that provide a cornerstone to understand human social behavior. We find that higher risk …-linear. We confirm earlier results that altruism increases with age during childhood and that girls are more altruistic than boys …

, psychology and engineering), we study the relationship between honesty and altruism. We asked participants to toss a coin with a … majors cheat if a penalty is requested. Surprisingly, when altruism plays a role, economists tend to have the most altruistic … behavior, followed by psychologists. However, altruism does not reduce engineers' propensity to lie. No significant differences …