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| Author: | Hu, Y-A. Liu, D-Y. |
| Title: | Altruism versus egoism in human behavior of mixed motives |
| Journal: | American Journal of Economics and Sociology
2003 : OCT, VOL. 62:4, p. 677-705 |
| Index terms: | Altruism Game theory Students Psychology Gender |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This article begins with the observation that people often cooperate in social dilemmas. Specifically, they may do so either for altruistic reasons or for reasons indirectly linked to self-interest. This paper presents an experiment investigating people's altruistic behavior in terms of cooperation in a monetary prisoner's dilemma game. The authors find evidence for recognizably different levels of the altruistic behavior of cooperation due to personal attributes and specific experimental conditions. Cooperation rates are higher for female students and more senior students. Of more interest is the evidence that economics majors tend to behave more cooperatively than noneconomics majors. |
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