Pro-Social Behavior, Reciprocity or Both?

By Bruno S. Frey, Stephan Meier. Social Science Research Network, 2002

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Empirical evidence is provided for the importance of non-reciprocal pro-social behavior of individuals in an anonymous, n-person pure public good setting. A unique panel data set of 136,000 observations is matched with an extensive survey. Even under anonymous conditions, a large number of individuals are prepared to donate quite a significant sum of money. Cooperation conditional on giving by specific other persons (reciprocity) is present, but the causal relationship is ambiguous. The manner in which one is asked to donate is crucial. Identification with the organization is also important.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Safety Research, Sociology and Political Science

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Deterrence and tax morale in the European Union (2003, background): “Human beings are also motivated by prosocial or altruistic considerations.(22) This does not mean that the ‘homo oeconomicus’ is rejected as being false.”
Yes, Managers Should Be Paid Like Bureaucrats (2005, unknown): “A wealth of empirical evidence demonstrates that many people are indeed prepared to contribute to the common good of their company and community (Frey & Meier, 2002).”
The dispersion and development of consumer preferences for genetically modified food — A meta-analysis (2009, result): “This supports previous findings from other economic scopes that the way of asking people may strongly affect their responses (e.g. Frey and Meier, 2002; Menegaki et al., in press).”