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Mujcic, Redzo and Leibbrandt, Andreas (2018) Indirect reciprocity and prosocial behaviour : evidence from a natural field experiment. The Economic Journal, 128 (611). pp. 1683-1699. doi:10.1111/ecoj.12474 ISSN 0013-0133.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12474
Abstract
Some of the greatest human achievements are difficult to imagine without prosociality. This article employs a natural field experiment to investigate indirect reciprocity in natural social interactions. We find strong evidence of indirect reciprocity in one‐shot interactions among drivers. Subjects for whom other drivers stopped were more than twice as likely to extend a similar act to a third party. This result is robust to a number of factors including age, gender, social status, presence of onlookers, and the opportunity cost of time. We provide novel evidence for the power of indirect reciprocity to promote prosocial behaviour in the field.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Behavioural Science Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Reciprocity (Psychology) -- Social aspects, Interpersonal relations, Automobile drivers | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | The Economic Journal | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0013-0133 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 1 June 2018 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 128 | ||||||||
| Number: | 611 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1683-1699 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/ecoj.12474 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | "This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Mujcic, R. and Leibbrandt, A. (2018), Indirect Reciprocity and Prosocial Behaviour: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment. Econ J, 128: 1683-1699. which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12474. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions." | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 14 February 2019 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 14 February 2019 |
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