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Social preferences and cooperation in simple social dilemma games

Cox, C.A.; Karam, A.; Murphy, R.J.

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C.A. Cox

R.J. Murphy



Abstract

We use a laboratory experiment to examine the role of social preferences in simple one-shot social dilemma games by comparing play with and without a human counterpart. We find that cooperation rates are slightly lower without a human counterpart in all games we consider. However, the difference is small and statistically insignificant, suggesting that social preferences are not the primary driver of cooperation in one-shot social dilemma games.

Citation

Cox, C., Karam, A., & Murphy, R. (2017). Social preferences and cooperation in simple social dilemma games. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 69, 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2017.05.002

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 8, 2017
Online Publication Date May 9, 2017
Publication Date Aug 1, 2017
Deposit Date May 8, 2017
Publicly Available Date May 9, 2019
Journal Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Print ISSN 2214-8043
Electronic ISSN 2214-8051
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 69
Pages 1-3
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2017.05.002
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1388040

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