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Hurting hurts more than Helping helps: The Role of the Self-serving Bias
This paper investigates an implication of the self-serving bias for reciprocalresponses. It is hypothesized that negative intentionality matters more thanpositive intentionality for reciprocating individuals with a self-servingattributional style. Experimental evidence obtained in the hot response gamesupports this prediction. Subjects are 67% more likely to reciprocate anintentional hurtful choice over an unintentional hurtful choice. Subjects areonly 25% more likely to reciprocate an intentional helpful choice over anunintentional helpful choice. The evidence on the intermediating role ofemotions is consistent with the explanation offered by the self-serving bias.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper ; No. 99-018/1
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Game Theory and Bargaining Theory: General
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Group Behavior
- Subject
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reciprocity
intentionality
self-serving bias
experiment
Spieltheorie
Nutzen
Theorie
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Offerman, Theo
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Tinbergen Institute
- (where)
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Amsterdam and Rotterdam
- (when)
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1999
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Offerman, Theo
- Tinbergen Institute
Time of origin
- 1999
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