scholarly journals Peer Effects in Pro-Social Behavior: Social Norms or Social Preferences?

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Gachter ◽  
Daniele Nosenzo ◽  
Martin Sefton
2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 548-573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Gächter ◽  
Daniele Nosenzo ◽  
Martin Sefton

2013 ◽  
pp. 24-48
Author(s):  
S. Bowles ◽  
S. Polanía-Reyes

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.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Bogliacino ◽  
Camilo Ernesto Gómez ◽  
Gianluca Grimalda

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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