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Peer effects and social preferences in voluntary cooperation: A theoretical and experimental analysis
Social preferences and social influence effects (“peer effects”) are well documented, but little is known about how peers shape social preferences. Settings where social preferences matter are often situations where peer effects are likely too. In a gift-exchange experiment with independent payoffs between two agents we find causal evidence for peer effects. Efforts are...
Dispositional free riders do not free ride on punishment: Experimental data
Strong reciprocity explains prosocial cooperation by the presence of individuals who incur costs to help those who helped them (‘strong positive reciprocity’) and to punish those who wronged them (‘strong negative reciprocity’). Theories of social preferences predict that in contrast to ‘strong reciprocators’, self-regarding people cooperate and punish only if there are...
Which preferences associate with school performance? – Lessons from an exploratory study with university students
This a supporting datafile and do file of the following publicationDaniel Horn and Hubert János Kiss (2017) Which preferences associate with school performance? – Lessons from an exploratory study with university students. PlosOneInstructions and other information on the data collection can be found in the attached working paper version of the study. (which can also be found...