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While inequality in resource endowments has been shown to affect cooperation levels in groups, much of this evidence … comes from studies of within-group inequality. In an online public goods experiment, we instead examine the effects of … payoff-irrelevant inequality in resources between groups on cooperation within equal groups. When all groups are poor or rich …
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large body of research demonstrates the power of “reciprocity” for inducing cooperation: When others know that you have … they think others are also cooperating; and people can develop habits of cooperation that shape their default inclinations …
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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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Two separate bodies of work have examined whether culture affects cooperation in economic games and whether cooperative … decision time and cooperation in American versus Indian subjects. We use a series of dynamic social network experiments in … cooperation among both sets of subjects. Our results imply the cultural background of subjects in their real life affects the …
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Studies of inequality often ignore resource allocation within the household. In doing so they miss an important element of the distribution of welfare that can vary dramatically depending on overall environmental and economic factors. Thus, measures of inequality that ignore intra household...
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We explore how leadership affects a dynamic public goods game. Using an experimental setting where cooperation gains … can be reinvested, our findings suggest that leadership has a positive impact on final wealth of the groups. Additionally …. Based on a sequential prisoner's dilemma, we elicit types for conditional cooperation. Our results indicate that groups work …
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actions of bad actors. However, in many situations bad acts go undetected and unknown to others. We use a lab experiment to …
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aggression. In this lab experiment, we find that adopting an objective attitude (objective), through a form of emotion regulation …
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aggression. In this lab experiment, we find that adopting an objective attitude (Objective), through a form of emotion regulation …
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