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Other-regarding behaviour:
Testing guilt- and reciprocity-based models
- Author
- published
- Wed Oct 20 2010
- Number of discussion paper
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2010-072
- keyword(s)
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belief-dependent models
beliefs
emotions
experiments
guilt aversion
other-regarding behaviour
psychological game theory
reciprocity
social preferences
trust game
- abstract
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We analyse two types of belief-dependant models of social preferences: guilt aversion and reciprocity. In particular, we test the relevance of their input variables (second-order beliefs and general dispositions for guilt/reciprocity). The data confirm the predictions of belief-dependant models. Both second-order beliefs and a participant’s sensitivity to guilt/reciprocity are relevant for the decisions taken. Second-order beliefs appear to have an inverse U-shaped effect on the extent of kind behaviour.
- article pub. typess JER
- Research article
- article languages JER
- Englisch
- JEL-Classification for JER
- C91 - Laboratory, Individual Behavior ; D0 - General; D84 - Expectations; Speculations
- URN
- urn:nbn:de:urmel-0a4b4c5a-1526-4f3e-8e43-3e66155564f30-00198253-12