scholarly journals PEER EFFECTS IN PRO-SOCIAL BEHAVIOR: SOCIAL NORMS OR SOCIAL PREFERENCES?

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 548-573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Gächter ◽  
Daniele Nosenzo ◽  
Martin Sefton
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Peer Effects ◽  
Social Preferences ◽  
Pro Social Behavior

Economic Incentives and Social Preferences: Substitutes or Complements? (Part 1)

2013 ◽  
pp. 24-48
Author(s):  
S. Bowles ◽  
S. Polanía-Reyes
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Public Goods ◽  
Social Preferences ◽  
Economic Incentives ◽  
The Public ◽  
Ethical Norms ◽  
Pro Social Behavior

Explicit economic incentives designed to increase contributions to public goods and to promote other pro-social behavior sometimes are counterproductive or less effective than would be predicted among entirely self-interested individuals. This may occur when incentives adversely affect individuals’ altruism, ethical norms, intrinsic motives to serve the public, and other social preferences. The opposite also occurs—crowding in — though it appears less commonly.

scholarly journals Crime-related Exposure to Violence and Social Preferences: Experimental Evidence from Bogotá

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Bogliacino ◽  
Camilo Ernesto Gómez ◽  
Gianluca Grimalda
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Social Preferences ◽  
Exposure To Violence ◽  
Psychological Trauma ◽  
Economic Shocks ◽  
Economic Shock ◽  
Victims Of Violence ◽  
Pro Social Behavior ◽  
Significant Support

We study the effects of psychological trauma and negative economic shocks on pro-social behavior in victims of violence in Colombia’s capital. Trauma positively affects pro-sociality in a first experiment, with a (randomly administered) recall of fearful situations having differential effects on people highly or lowly exposed to violence. This effect replicates in a second experiment, where both trauma and economic shock are found to induce pro-social behavior. Participants significantly favor same-district residents in the first experiment but not in the second. We fail to find significant support for various mechanisms posited to mediate the effect of trauma on pro-sociality.

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