All Outputs (43)

Stated and revealed inequality aversion in three subject pools (2015)
Journal Article
Beranek, B., Cubitt, R. P., & Gaechter, S. (2015). Stated and revealed inequality aversion in three subject pools. Journal- Economic Science Association, 1(1), https://doi.org/10.1007/s40881-015-0007-1

This paper reports data from three subject pools (n=717 subjects) using techniques based on those of Loewenstein, et al. (1989) and Blanco, et al. (2011) to obtain parameters, respectively, of stated and revealed inequality aversion. We provide a re... Read More about Stated and revealed inequality aversion in three subject pools.

Human pro-social motivation and the maintenance of social order (2014)
Book Chapter
Gaechter, S. (2014). Human pro-social motivation and the maintenance of social order. The Oxford Handbook of Behavioral Economics and the Law. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199945474.013.0002

This chapter presents some insights from basic behavioral research on the role of human prosocial motivation to maintain social order. I argue that social order can be conceptualized as a public goods game. Past attempts to explain social order typic... Read More about Human pro-social motivation and the maintenance of social order.

A cooperative instinct (2012)
Journal Article
Gaechter, S. (2012). A cooperative instinct. Nature, 489(7416), https://doi.org/10.1038/489374a

Acting on a gut feeling may sometimes lead to poor decisions, but it will usually support the common good, according to a study showing that human intuition favours cooperative, rather than selfish, behaviour.