Cooperators and reciprocators: A within-subject analysis of pro-social behavior

Aurelie Dariel and Nikos Nikiforakis ()

Economics Letters, 2014, vol. 122, issue 2, 163-166

Abstract: We perform a within-subject analysis of pro-social behavior in the public-good and gift-exchange game. We find that participants classified as cooperators in the public-good game tend to reciprocate higher wages in the gift-exchange game with higher levels of effort. Non-cooperators do not exhibit such tendency. Both types offer similar wages.

Keywords: Public-good game; Gift-exchange game; Social preferences; Lab experiments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 H41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.10.033

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