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Chapter 11 Natural Kantian or ZOO ECONOMICUS ? Evolutionary theories of selfishness and altruism among men and beasts

Bergstrom, Theodore C. - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 771-817). 2006

This paper addresses the question of whether our evolutionary history suggests that humans are likely to be individually selected selfish maximizers or group selected altruists. It surveys models from the literature of evolutionary biology in which groups are formed and dissolved and where the...

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Two-person Bargaining with Lexicographic Altruistic Preferences

Glycopantis, Dionysius - 2019

In bargaining theory a usual assumption is either that of von Neumann-Morgenstern utility functions or that of continuous preferences. Recently we considered in Glycopantis a bargaining model which breaks away from this traditional treatment by employing lexicographic preferences of a...

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Competing social identities and intergroup discrimination : evidence from a framed field experiment with high school students in Vietnam

Tam Kiet Vuong; Chan, Ho Fai; Torgler, Benno - 2021

that group identity is a key factor in the explanation of intergroup cooperation and competition. …

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Social Dilemma Cooperation (Unlike Dictator Game Giving) Is Intuitive for Men As Well As Women

Rand, David G. - 2017

depends on both the individual and the context. For example, non-zero-sum cooperation (e.g. in social dilemmas like the … favor social dilemma cooperation regardless of gender, but only favor DG giving among women. Here I present meta …-analytic evidence in support of this prediction. In 31 studies examining social dilemma cooperation (N=13,447), I find that promoting …

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Increasing Altruistic and Cooperative Behaviour with Simple Moral Nudges

Capraro, Valerio - 2019

The conflict between pro-self and pro-social behaviour is at the core of many key problems of our time, as, for example, the reduction of air pollution and the redistribution of scarce resources. For the well-being of our societies, it is thus crucial to find mechanisms to promote pro-social...

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Why is parochialism prevalent? : an evolutionary approach

Berg, Nathan; Kim, Jeong-yoo; Lee, Kyu-Min - In: Journal of economic interaction and coordination 16 (2021) 4, pp. 769-796

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Clever Agents in Young's Evolutionary Bargaining Model

Weibull, Jörgen W.; Saez-Marti, Maria - 1998

In the models of Young (1993a,b), boundedly rational individuals are recurrently matched to play a game, and they play myopic best replies to the recent history of play. It could therefore be an advantage to instead play a myopic best reply to the myopic best reply, something boundedly rational...

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Clever Agents in Young's Evolutionary Bargaining Model

Weibull, Jörgen W.; Saez-Marti, Maria - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1998

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Farsightedness and cautiousness in coalition formation

Mauleon, Ana; Vannetelbosch, Vincent J. - 2003

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When Rationality and Fairness Conflict : The Role of Cognitive-Control in the Ultimatum Game

Halali, Eliran; Bereby-Meyer, Yoella; Meiran, Nachshon - 2011

The ultimatum game models social exchange in situations in which the rational motive to maximize gains conflicts with fairness considerations. Using two independent behavioral measurements, the authors tested two contradicting predictions: that the preference for fairness is a deliberative...

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