Arbeitspapier

Strong, Bold, and Kind: Self-Control and Cooperation in Social Dilemmas

We develop a model that relates self-control and conflict identification to cooperation patterns in social dilemmas. As predicted, we find in a laboratory public goods experiment a robust association between stronger self-control and higher levels of cooperation. This means that there is evidence for an impulse to be selfish and that cooperative behavior requires self-control effort. Free-riders differ from other contributor types only in their tendency not to have identified a self-control conflict in the first place.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 4200

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual
Publicly Provided Goods: General
Thema
self-control
cooperation
public good
risk
experiment

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Kocher, Martin G.
Martinsson, Peter
Myrseth, Kristian Ove R.
Wollbrant, Conny
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2013

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Kocher, Martin G.
  • Martinsson, Peter
  • Myrseth, Kristian Ove R.
  • Wollbrant, Conny
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2013

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