Modelling kindness

Martin Dufwenberg; Georg Kirchsteiger

doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2018.07.014

Modelling kindness

Martin Dufwenberg, Georg Kirchsteiger

Economics

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Abstract

Kindness is an important concept in reciprocity theory, and may matter also for other forms of motivation. We critically compare definitions proposed by Rabin (1993) and by Dufwenberg and Kirchsteiger (2004). Several reasons to prefer the latter definition are highlighted, but also a flaw (discovered by Isoni and Sugden 2018) which we show can be eliminated using a slightly revised definition.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	228-234
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Volume	167
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2018.07.014
State	Published - Nov 2019

Keywords

Efficient strategies
Kindness
Reciprocity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Economics and Econometrics
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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