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Economic incentives and social preferences : a preference-based Lucas critique of public policy

Bowles, Samuel; Polanía Reyes, Sandra - 2009

counterproductive when they diminish altruism, ethical norms and other social preferences. Evidence from 51 experimental studies …

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Why are economics students more selfish than the rest?

Bauman, Yoram; Rose, Elaina - 2009

A substantial body of research suggests that economists are less generous than other professionals and that economics students are less generous than other students. We address this question using administrative data on donations to social programs by students at the University of Washington....

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A note on the design of experiments involving public goods

Graves, Philip E. - 2010

Concern about potential free riding in the provision of public goods has a long history. More recently, experimental economists have turned their attention to the conditions under which free riding would be expected to occur. A model of free riding is provided here which demonstrates that...

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Is altruism bad for cooperation?

Hwang, Sung-Ha; Bowles, Samuel - 2008

embodying both reciprocity and altruism we show that unconditional altruism towards other members attenuates the punishment … contributions. Increases in altruism may also reduce the level of benefits from the public project net of contribution costs and … punishment costs. The negative effect of altruism on cooperation and material payoffs is greater the stronger is the reciprocity …

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Cooperation under democracy and authoritarian norms

Vollan, Björn; Zhou, Yexin; Landmann, Andreas; Hu, Biliang - 2013

There is ample evidence for a "democracy premium". Laws that have been implemented via election lead to a more cooperative behavior compared to a top-down approach. This has been observed using field data and laboratory experiments. We present evidence from Chinese students and workers who...

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The Economics of Altruistic Punishment and the Demise of Cooperation

Egas, Martijn; Riedl, Arno - 2005

Explaining the evolution and maintenance of cooperation among unrelated individuals is one of the fundamental problems in biology and the social sciences. Recent experimental evidence suggests that altruistic punishment is an important mechanism to maintain cooperation among humans. In this...

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Asymmetric obligations

Riedel, Nadine; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah - 2011

We use a laboratory experiment to investigate the behavioral effects of obligations that are not backed by binding … and asymmetric minimum contribution levels (obligations) in a repeated public goods experiment. The results provide …

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The effect of religion on cooperation and altruistic punishment: Experimental evidence from public goods experiments

Akay, Alpaslan; Karabulut, Gökhan; Martinsson, Peter - 2011

This paper experimentally examines how religious festivals and the degree of religiosity affect cooperation and altruistic punishment by using public goods experiments. We conducted the experiments in Turkey at different points in time; one on the most religious day during Ramadan (the Night of...

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The value of non-binding announcements in public goods experiments : some theory and experimental evidence

Berlemann, Michael; Dittrich, Marcus; Markwardt, Gunther - 2004

In this paper we present three simple theoretical models to explain the influence of the possibility to make non-binding announcements on investment behaviour in public goods settings. Our models build on the idea that voluntary contributions to the supply of a public good might be motivated by...

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Social Norms and Private Provision of Public Goods: Endogenous Peer Groups

Rege, Mari - 1999

The formation of peer groups with social norms for private contributions to a public good is analyzed in an n-player two stage game. First people choose a peer group, then they choose whether to contribute. The first choice is made through a learning process represented by evolutionary dynamics,...

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