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We experimentally investigate behavior and beliefs in a sequential prisoner's dilemma. Each subject had to choose an action as first-mover and a conditional action as second-mover. All subjects also had to state their beliefs about others' second-mover choices. We find that subjects' beliefs...
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We analyze cooperation within a company setting in order to study the relationship between cooperative attitudes and … online experiment. We observe high levels of cooperation and the typical conditional contribution patterns in a modified …, sustained levels of cooperation in our company setting relate to non-financial values of cooperation rather than solely to …
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We examine the effect of payoff variations on cooperation in one-shot prisoner's dilemma games. We focus on three … impact on cooperation. Temptation directly deters cooperation and indirectly harms cooperation by lowering beliefs about the … opponent's cooperativeness. Efficiency indirectly affects cooperation through beliefs, but the magnitude of the effect is …
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We analyze cooperation within a company setting in order to study the relationship between cooperative attitudes and … online experiment. We observe high levels of cooperation and the typical conditional contribution patterns in a modified …, sustained levels of cooperation in our company setting relate to non-financial values of cooperation rather than solely to …
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Throughout human history, informal sanctions by peers were ubiquitous and played a key role in the enforcement of … key to the quick emergence of an efficient culture of universal cooperation because the more prosocial subjects populate … social norm of high cooperation. This norm appears to guide subjects' cooperation and punishment choices, including the …
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goods provision - the quick emergence of a widely accepted social cooperation norm that demands high contributions but - in … consensus as well as the high cooperation demands required by the norm break down. However, when peer punishment is possible … cooperation and welfare - the opportunity to form a social norm unambiguously causes high public good contributions and group …
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Throughout human history, informal sanctions by peers were ubiquitous and played a key role in the enforcement of … of universal cooperation because the more prosocial subjects populate the two efficient institutions first, elect … prosocial judges (if institutionally possible), and immediately establish a social norm of high cooperation. This norm appears …
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Throughout human history, informal sanctions played a key role in the enforcement of social norms and the provision of … of universal cooperation because the more prosocial subjects populate the two efficient institutions first, elect … prosocial judges (if institutionally possible), and immediately establish a social norm of high cooperation. This norm appears …
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in honesty and cooperation and tested the individual-level links between these two moral domains. Participants completed … both honesty and cooperation tasks after observing their peers. Consistent with the literature, separate analysis of the … two domains indicated both negative and positive peer influences in honesty and in cooperation, with negative influences …
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in honesty and cooperation and tested the individual-level links between these two moral domains. Participants completed … both honesty and cooperation tasks after observing their peers. Consistent with the literature, separate analysis of the … two domains indicated both negative and positive peer influences in honesty and in cooperation, with negative influences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012801396