The Social Egoist
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Keywords
social norms; prisoner’s dilemma; hawk-dove game; egoism; altruism; reciprocity; conditional cooperation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
- D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2013-10-18 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EVO-2013-10-18 (Evolutionary Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2013-10-18 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-HPE-2013-10-18 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
- NEP-NEU-2013-10-18 (Neuroeconomics)
- NEP-SOC-2013-10-18 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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