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Leaders as role models and ‘belief managers’ in social dilemmas (2018)
Journal Article
Gächter, S., & Renner, E. (2018). Leaders as role models and ‘belief managers’ in social dilemmas. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 154, 321-334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2018.08.001

We investigate the link between leadership, beliefs and pro-social behavior in social dilemmas. This link is interesting because field evidence suggests that people's behavior in domains like charitable giving, tax evasion, corporate culture and corr... Read More about Leaders as role models and ‘belief managers’ in social dilemmas.

Dispositional free riders do not free ride on punishment (2018)
Journal Article
Weber, T. O., Weisel, O., & Gächter, S. (2018). Dispositional free riders do not free ride on punishment. Nature Communications, 9(1), Article 2390. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04775-8

Strong reciprocity explains prosocial cooperation by the presence of individuals who incur costs to help those who helped them (‘strong positive reciprocity’) and to punish those who wronged them (‘strong negative reciprocity’). Theories of social pr... Read More about Dispositional free riders do not free ride on punishment.

Societal background influences social learning in cooperative decision making (2018)
Journal Article
Molleman, L., & Gaechter, S. (2018). Societal background influences social learning in cooperative decision making. Evolution and Human Behavior, 39(5), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2018.05.007

Humans owe their ecological success to their great capacities for social learning and cooperation: learning from others helps individuals adjust to their environment and can promote cooperation in groups. Classic and recent studies indicate that the... Read More about Societal background influences social learning in cooperative decision making.