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| Author: | Fehr, E. Fischbacher, U. |
| Title: | Why social preferences matter - the impact of non-selfish motives on competition, cooperation and incentives |
| Journal: | Economic Journal
2002 : MAR, VOL. 112:478, p. C1-C33 |
| Index terms: | Social responsibility Social economics Competitiveness Incentives |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | A substantial number of people exhibit social preferences, which means they are not solely motivated by material self-interest but also care positively or negatively for the material payoffs of relevant reference agents. The authors show empirically that economists fail to understand fundamental economic questions when they disregard social preferences, in particular, that without taking social preferences into account, it is not possible to understand adequately effects of competition on market outcomes, laws governing cooperation and collective action, effects and determinants of material incentives, which contarcts and property rights arrangements are optimal, important forces shaping social norms and market failures. |
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