Expectations and decisions in the Volunteer’s Dilemma: Effects of social distance and social projection

Expectations and decisions in the Volunteer’s Dilemma: Effects of social distance and social projection

In a Volunteer’s Dilemma (VoD) one individual needs to bear a cost so that a public good can be provided. Expectations regarding what others will do play a critical role because they would ideally be negatively correlated with own decisions; yet, a social-projection heuristic generates positive corr...

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Main Authors: Joachim Israel Krueger, Johannes Ullrich, Leonard J Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
expectation
public goods
rationality
prosociality
Social Dilemma
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01909/full

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