Titre
Peer effects and social preferences in voluntary cooperation
Type
article
Institution
UNIL/CHUV/Unisanté + institutions partenaires
Périodique
Auteur(s)
Thöni, C.
Auteure/Auteur
Gächter, S.
Auteure/Auteur
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ISSN
0167-4870
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2015
Volume
48
Première page
72
Dernière page/numéro d’article
88
Langue
anglais
Notes
ThoniGachter2015JoEP
Résumé
Social preferences and social influence effects ("peer effects") are well documented, but little is known about how peers shape social preferences. Settings where social preferences matter are often situations where peer effects are likely too. In a gift-exchange experiment with independent payoffs between two agents we find causal evidence for peer effects. Efforts are positively correlated but with a kink: agents follow a low-performing but not a high-performing peer. This contradicts major theories of social preferences which predict that efforts are unrelated, or negatively related. Some theories allow for positively-related efforts but cannot explain most observations. Conformism, norm following and social esteem are candidate explanations.
PID Serval
serval:BIB_32D1AAE0B889
Open Access
Oui
Date de création
2016-09-08T13:09:04.435Z
Date de création dans IRIS
2025-05-20T18:17:40Z