Arbeitspapier
The solidarity motive
For decades, experimental economics has been very interested in behavior that could be characterized as practicing solidarity (although the term is rarely used). Solidarity is a key concept in Catholic Social Teaching. This paper builds a bridge between these two endeavors that, thus far, had little contact with each other. Catholic Social Teaching is essentially normative. People are informed what they should do if they are good Christians. Experimental Economics is descriptive. Experimenters want to learn how much solidarity experimental participants exhibit when this is costly. But from a Catholic perspective it is interesting how strongly their norms are reflected in actual behavior. The many distinctions uncovered by behavioral economics may also help refine Catholic thinking. And behavioral economics is confronted with new questions, in particular regarding deontological motives.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Preprints of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods ; No. 2016/14
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines
Relation of Economics to Social Values
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual
Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
Cultural Economics: Religion
- Thema
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solidarity
dictator game
stealing game
public good game
social preferences
Deonto-logical Motives
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Engel, Christoph
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
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Bonn
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2016
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Engel, Christoph
- Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
Entstanden
- 2016
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