Strong, Bold, and Kind: Self-Control and Cooperation in Social Dilemmas

Martin Kocher, Peter Martinsson, Kristian Ove R. Myrseth and Conny Wollbrant

No 4200, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: We develop a model that relates self-control and conflict identification to cooperation patterns in social dilemmas. As predicted, we find in a laboratory public goods experiment a robust association between stronger self-control and higher levels of cooperation. This means that there is evidence for an impulse to be selfish and that cooperative behavior requires self-control effort. Free-riders differ from other contributor types only in their tendency not to have identified a self-control conflict in the first place.

Keywords: self-control; cooperation; public good; risk; experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 D03 H40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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