Homo Oeconomicus as the Homo Moralis’ Party Pooper: Heterogeneous Morality in Public Good Games
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Keywords
moral behaviour; Kantian ethics; heterogeneity; public goods;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
- H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-GTH-2024-09-09 (Game Theory)
- NEP-HPE-2024-09-09 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
- NEP-PUB-2024-09-09 (Public Finance)
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