Do the Right Thing: Experimental evidence that preferences for moral behavior, rather than equity or efficiency per se, drive human prosociality
Decades of experimental research show that some people forgo personal gains to benefit others in unilateral anonymous interactions. To explain these results, behavioral economists typically assume that people have social preferences for minimizing inequality and/or maximizing efficiency (social welf...
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Language: | English |
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Society for Judgment and Decision Making
2018-01-01
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Series: | Judgment and Decision Making |
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Online Access: | http://journal.sjdm.org/17/171107/jdm171107.pdf |