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Identity and cooperation in multicultural societies

Montinari, Natalia; Ploner, Matteo; Rattini, Veronica - 2026

This paper studies whether alternative integration-policy framings affect cooperation in ethnically diverse groups. We conduct a lab-in-the-field experiment with 390 adolescents in mixed classrooms in Italy. Within each class, students were randomly assigned to small groups that received either...

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Identity and cooperation in multicultural societies

Montinari, Natalia; Ploner, Matteo; Rattini, Veronica - 2026

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Incentives and prosocial discomfort : a laboratory experiment

Steward, Grace E.; Macis, Mario; Lacetera, Nicola; … - 2026

We conducted a within-subject laboratory experiment in which participants decided whether to experience physical discomfort for charity, with or without additional personal compensation. Acceptance decreased with greater discomfort and increased with both larger charitable donations and personal...

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Acting on good intentions? : a longitudinal study of prosocial lending intentions and behaviours

Shneor, Rotem; Baah-Peprah, Prince; Cox, Joe; Nguyen, Thang - 2026

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How prosocial motives shape market exchange : experimental evidence from street vending

Jain, Ronak - 2026 - Revised version, January 2026

Markets are often seen as impersonal mechanisms of exchange, yet many real-world transactions are deeply social. This paper examines how prosocial motives interact with economic exchange and how this affects market outcomes. I study these questions in the context of street vending - a ubiquitous...

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Inconvenient truths : a note on information avoidance and the price of fairness

Weele, Joël J. van der; Figueroa-Sisniega, Cristina - 2026

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Delegated social responsibility : Is managerial prosociality a source of agency cost?

Szymczak, Wiebke - 2026

Agency theory holds that managerial discretion over stakeholder decisions creates agency costs through altruistic redistribution. We test this claim in a principal-agent experiment where agents choose effort and transfers affecting a third party under unenforceable flat-wage contracts. We find...

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Fighting fake news with peer feedback : theory and experiment

Asako, Yasushi; Kamijo, Yoshio; Kishishita, Daiki; … - 2026

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Eliciting emotions through e-WOM : a lever for enhancing blood donation?!

Kaltenbrunner, Katharina Anna; Stötzer, Sandra; Weber, … - 2026

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Abstract vs. concrete messages : reassessing the impact of construal level on prosocial behavior

Sheehan, Benjamin; Dissanayake, Pramodhya - 2026

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Population density and prosocial behavior : social norms and interdependence as alternative accounts

Sheehan, Benjamin; Dissanayake, Pramodhya; … - 2026

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An exploratory foray into the inclination to cooperate in spite of cooperation-induced stress

Stark, Oded; Kosiorowski, Grzegorz - 2026

We establish a new approach to the modeling of cooperation, and we formulate a new solution concept for cooperative games. We do this by constructing a game of cooperation between individuals who exhibit distaste for relative deprivation, RD, in the sense that they experience stress when their...

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Dishonesty in complex environments : deliberate lies, shortcuts, or accidental mistakes?

Nieder, Pascal; Simon, Sven Arne - 2026 - This version: May 21, 2026

Compliance with complex regulatory requirements can be challenging. We study why and how complexity affects non-compliance in terms of incorrect reporting. Our novel experimental design isolates two distinct complexity effects: an increase in honest mistakes and a substantial shift toward...

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Talents under threat : the anticipation of being ostracized by non-talents drives talent turnover

Zelderen, Anand van; Dries, Nicky; Marescaux, Elise - 2026

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Cooperation under comparison

Stark, Oded; Kosiorowski, Grzegorz - 2026

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Immigrant rights expansion and local integration : evidence from Italy

Ferlenga, Francesco; Kang, Stephanie - 2026 - Version February 2026

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Childhood misbehavior, toxic personality and leadership

Buser, Thomas - 2026

Recent studies have found that childhood misbehavior, despite predicting worse schooling outcomes, is associated with higher adult earnings. Using a retrospective measure in a representative Dutch survey panel, I document a new dimension of the misbehavior-career link: people who misbehaved as...

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Childhood misbehavior, toxic personality and leadership

Buser, Thomas - 2026

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Oxytocin increases trust in humans with a low disposition to trust

Vogt, Bodo; Bengart, Paul; Declerck, Caroylyn; Fehr, Ernst - 2025

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Demand for carbon-neutral products

Carattini, Stefano; Dvorak, Fabian; Logar, Ivana; … - 2025

Corporate social responsibility and the private provision of (global) public goods are of key interest to economists and policymakers. Over the last few years, many more private companies made their operations carbon neutral. It is an empirical question how consumers value carbon-neutral and...

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Demand for carbon-neutral products

Carattini, Stefano; Dvorak, Fabian; Logar, Ivana; … - 2025

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Spoiled rotten? : LMXSC motivates greater supervisor-directed deviance in individuals who were overindulged as children

Korman, Benjamin A. - 2025

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Selective incivility toward black employees fuels social pain minimization and defensive silence

Benbow, Kyle L.; Sawhney, Gargi; Kunstman, Jonathan W. - 2025

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Does education foster civic-minded citizens? : evidence from a compulsory schooling reform

Almén, Daniel; Elinder, Mikael; Engström, Per; … - 2025 - Version: 20 December 2024

We exploit education reforms in Sweden and other European countries to estimate the causal effects of longer and modernized compulsory education on civic engagement. In most countries, compulsory education was extended by 1-2 years, and the curricula were reformed to better foster democratic and...

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Mental disorder, altruism, and empathy : experimental evidence from middle school students in post-earthquake Sichuan, China

Park, Albert; Sawada, Yasuyuki; Shen, Menghan; Wang, Sangui - 2025 - This version: January 2025

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Unrewarded cooperation

Konovalov, Arkady; Luzyanin, Daniil; Popov, Sergey V. - 2025

Experiment participants in a social dilemma game choose cooperation over defection, even though neither is more beneficial. High levels of cooperation cannot be explained by favorable labels for actions, collusion, k-level reasoning, quantal response behavior, or misplaced optimism about others'...

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Influencer activism : insights for effective partnership with brands and organizations

D'Arco, Mario; Branca, Generoso; Marino, Vittoria; … - 2025

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Reducing strategic uncertainty increases group protection in collective risk social dilemmas

Steimanis, Ivo; Struwe, Natalie; Benda, Julian; Blanco, … - 2025 - This version: February 11, 2025

Interrelated global crises - climate change, pandemics, loss of ecosystem services and biodiversity - pose risks that demand collective solutions. Uncertainty about others' behavior, coupled with the dependence on some to take collective efforts to mitigate risks for all (e.g. conservation of...

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Natural disaster experience does not affect environmental attitudes or prosociality : evidence from the 2021 flood in Germany

Hönow, Nils Christian; Karki, Kiran; Burger, Maximilian N. - 2025

In July 2021, severe floods devastated parts of Germany, causing numerous casualties and extensive damage to property and infrastructure. As climate change is expected to increase the frequency and severity of such extreme weather events, understanding their social implications is crucial. Using...

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Revealed social networks

Chambers, Christopher P.; Masatlioglu, Yusufcan; … - 2025 - This version: January, 2025

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Norms and efficiency in a multi-group society : an online experiment

Catola, Marco; D'Alessandro, Simone; Guarnieri, Pietro; … - 2025

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The impact of altruism and monetary rewards on review quality : a framed field experiment

Loylom Prasertsri - 2025

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The role of interpersonal uncertainty in prosocial behavior

Chakraborty, Anujit; Henkel, Luca - 2025

In prosocial decisions, decision-makers face interpersonal uncertainty - uncertainty about how their choices impact others' utility. We use three approaches to show how it shapes classic patterns of prosocial behavior like ingroup favoritism, merit-based fairness, and self-favoring behavior....

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The role of interpersonal uncertainty in prosocial behavior

Chakraborty, Anujit; Henkel, Luca - 2024

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The role of interpersonal uncertainty in prosocial behavior

Chakraborty, Anujit; Henkel, Luca - 2024

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Artificial intelligence and social action : a techno-sociological contextualization

Schrape, Jan-Felix - 2025

This discussion paper contextualizes contemporary forms of artificial intelligence (AI) within the broader relationship between technology and society, and it compiles essential insights from the sociology of technology for interdisciplinary discourse. The paper begins with a concise overview of...

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Unwillingly informed : the prosocial impact of third-party informers

Grossman, Zachary; Hua, Tony; Lind, Jo Thori; Nyborg, Karine - 2025

While people often avoid learning about negative social consequences of their actions in order to behave selfishly, many social situations involve another person who is in a position to impose this information. How does the presence of a potential informer affect information, behavior, and...

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Under big gods' eyes : the impact of religious beliefs on altruistic punishment during COVID-19 pandemic

Atzori, Federico; Ballicu, Gabriele; Pelligra, Vittorio - 2025 - Prima edizione

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Pathways for avoiding self-sanction : how consumers give themselves a PASS on virtue violations

Lin, Stephanie C. - 2025

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Gender and performance in collaboration : evidence from random student teams

Coveney, Max; García Gómez, Pilar; Bago d'Uva, Teresa - 2025

Should gender composition be taken into account when forming teams? This paper examines how the output of teams completing tasks similar to those performed in many workplaces is influenced by their gender composition. Leveraging an economics bachelor course in which students are randomly paired...

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Anxious altruism : virtue signaling mediates the impact of attachment style on consumers' green purchase behavior and prosocial responses

Hasni, Muhammad Junaid Shahid; Konuk, Faruk Anıl; … - 2025

Virtue signaling serves to express moral and ethical values publicly, showcasing commitment to social and sustainable ideals. This research, conducted with non-WEIRD samples to mitigate the prevalent WEIRD bias (i.e., the tendency to solely rely on samples from Western, educated, industrialized,...

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The right timing matters : sensitive periods in the formation of socio-emotional skills

Breitkopf, Laura; Chowdhury, Shyamal K.; Kamhöfer, … - 2025

Identifying sensitive periods in which the returns to investments into skills are especially high is challenging, but crucial for an effective and efficient timing of parental or public investments aimed at fostering children's skills. We can detect sensitive periods with a novel design by...

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The right timing matters : sensitive periods in the formation of socio-emotional skills

Breitkopf, Laura; Chowdhury, Shyamal K.; Kamhöfer, … - 2025

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The right timing matters : sensitive periods in the formation of socio-emotional skills

Breitkopf, Laura; Chowdhury, Shyamal K.; Kamhöfer, … - 2025

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The right timing matters : sensitive periods in the formation of socio-emotional skills

Breitkopf, Laura; Chowdhury, Shyamal K.; Kamhöfer, … - 2025

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Pro-environmental behavior and environmentalist movements : evidence from the identification with Fridays for Future

Flörchinger, Daniela; Sommer, Stephan; Andor, Mark Andreas - 2025

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Pro-environmental behavior and environmentalist movements : evidence from the identification with Fridays for Future

Flörchinger, Daniela; Frondel, Manuel; Sommer, Stephan; … - 2024

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The social behavior of traveling with dogs : drivers, behavioral tendencies, and experiences

Hoy, Lori S.; Stangl, Brigitte; Morgan, Nigel - 2025

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The effect of charitable norms of income classes and perceived economic mobility on prosocial behavior

Kwon, Yongju; Yi, Youjae - 2025

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Charity without choice : the impact of receiving prosocial gifts on subsequent donations

Ok, Ekin; Habib, Rishad; Aquino, Karl - 2025

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"Blessed are the poor" : the Weberian spirit of capitalism under experimental scrutiny

Fazio, Andrea; Reggiani, Tommaso; Santori, Paolo - 2025 - rev.

This paper experimentally examines Max Weber's thesis on the influence of religious narratives - particularly the Protestant Ethic - on attitudes toward wealth redistribution. Weber argued that the Protestant Reformation fostered the belief that economic success signals divine favour, thereby...

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"Blessed are the poor" : the Weberian spirit of capitalism under experimental scrutiny

Fazio, Andrea; Reggiani, Tommaso; Santori, Paolo - 2024

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"Blessed are the poor" : the Weberian spirit of capitalism under experimental scrutiny

Fazio, Andrea; Reggiani, Tommaso; Santori, Paolo - 2024

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Backlash in the backyard : female representation and gender attitudes in the UK

Negri, Margherita; Romarri, Alessio - 2025

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Predicting voluntary contributions by "revealed-preference Nash-equilibrium"

Wolff, Irenaeus - 2025

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Strategic information transmission and social preferences

Cabrales, Antonio; Feri, Francesco; Gottardi, Piero; … - 2025

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Navigating workplace toxicity : the relationship between abusive supervision and helping behavior among hotel employees with self-esteem and emotional contagion as buffers

Elshaer, Ibrahim A.; Azazz, Alaa M. S.; Fayyad, Sameh; … - 2025

Workplace toxicity in the tourism sector remains a widespread issue, particularly for hotel staff who are constantly suffering from verbal, emotional, or physical abuse. While previous research has primarily highlighted the negative consequences of abusive behavior, this study examines a...

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Exploration of social dimensions of sustainable behavior

Toye, Samson Abiodun; Uygur, Mehmet Recai; Peyravi, Bahman - 2025

As climate change and inequality spur interest in sustainable lifestyles, insufficient attention focuses on the social dimension encompassing equity and wellbeing-oriented conduct. Limited measurements capture facets like frugality, sufficiency, and altruism, obscuring motivational nuances....

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The role of team compassion in mitigating the impact of hierarchical bullying

Farr-Wharton, Ben; Simpson, Ace Volkmann; Brunetto, Yvonne - 2025

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Charity, conviction, and social norms : personal worldview conviction as a predictor of charitable giving

Enete, Shane; Todd, Timothy M. - 2025

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Social preferences and environmental externalities

Campos-Mercade, Pol; Ek, Claes; Söderberg, Magnus; … - 2025

Standard economic theory assumes that consumers ignore the externalities they create, such as emissions from burning fossil fuels and generating waste. In an incentivized study (N = 3, 718), we find that most people forgo substantial gains to avoid imposing negative externalities on others....

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Social preferences and environmental externalities

Campos-Mercade, Pol; Ek, Claes; Söderberg, Magnus; … - 2025

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Social preferences and environmental externalities

Campos-Mercade, Pol; Ek, Claes; Soderberg, Magnus; … - 2025

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