Intuitive Cooperation and Punishment in the Field

Luis Artavia-Mora (), Arjun Bedi and Matthias Rieger
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Luis Artavia-Mora: ISS, Erasmus University Rotterdam

No 9871, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We test whether humans are intuitively inclined to cooperate with or punish strangers using a natural field experiment. We exogenously vary the time available to help a stranger in an everyday situation. Our findings suggest that subjects intuitively tend to help but behave more selfishly as thinking time increases. We also present suggestive evidence that time pressure can increase rates of punishment. We discuss our results with respect to findings in the lab on cognitive models of dual-processing and the origins of human cooperation.

Keywords: dual-process of cognition; response time; punishment; cooperation; natural field experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D03 D63 D64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2016-04
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cbe, nep-exp, nep-pke and nep-soc
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Published - published in: European Economic Review, 2017, 92, 133-145

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