Strong, Bold, and Kind: Self-Control and Cooperation in Social Dilemmas

dc.contributor.author	Kocher, Martin G.
dc.contributor.author	Martinsson, Peter
dc.contributor.author	Myrseth, K.O.R.
dc.contributor.author	Wollbrant, Conny
dc.date.accessioned	2012-01-18T16:43:04Z
dc.date.available	2012-01-18T16:43:04Z
dc.date.issued	2012-01
dc.identifier.issn	1403-2465
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2077/28337
dc.description	JEL classification: C91; D03; H40	sv
dc.description.abstract	We develop a model that relates self-control and conflict identification to cooperation patterns in social dilemmas. As predicted, we find in a laboratory public goods experiment a robust association between stronger self-control and higher levels of cooperation. This means that there is evidence for an impulse to be selfish and that cooperative behavior requires self-control effort. Free-riders differ from other contributor types only in their tendency not to have identified a self-control conflict in the first place.	sv
dc.format.extent	47 pages	sv
dc.language.iso	eng	sv
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Working Papers in Economics	sv
dc.relation.ispartofseries	523	sv
dc.subject	self-control	sv
dc.subject	cooperation	sv
dc.subject	public good	sv
dc.subject	risk	sv
dc.subject	experiment	sv
dc.title	Strong, Bold, and Kind: Self-Control and Cooperation in Social Dilemmas	sv
dc.type	Text	sv
dc.type.svep	report	sv
dc.contributor.organization	Dept of Economics, University of Gothenburg	sv