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Pro-sociality and strategic reasoning in economic decisions

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: We study the relationship between pro-social preferences and strategic reasoning. These aspects are typically studied separately but little is known about their joint distribution. In an experiment, for each participant we elicit individual concerns toward pro-sociality-inequality aversion and efficiency-as well as the number of steps of reasoning through a guessing game. We report that self-regarding and pro-social participants exhibit similar levels of strategic reasoning, which supports the view that pro-sociality and strategic reasoning can be studied independently.

Source: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00140

Authors: Benito ArruÃ±ada, Marco Casari, Francesca Pancotto

Institutions: Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona School of Economics, University of Bologna, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Language: English

Topic: Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,801

Funders: Purdue University, European Commission, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, FP7 Ideas: European Research Council