Social capital and cooperation
Essential readings
Costa, D., Kahn, M. (2003). Cowards and Heroes: Group Loyalty in the American Civil War. Quarterly Journal of Economics. 118 (2): 519-548
What motivated men to risk death in the most horrific war in U.S. history when pay was low and...
Frey, B. S., Meier, S. (2004). Social Comparisons and Pro-social Behavior: Testing "Conditional Cooperation" in a Field Experiment. The American Economic Review 94 (5), 1717-1722
Many important activities, such as charitable giving, voting, and paying taxes, are difficult to...
Bénabou, R. J. M., Tirole, J. (2006). Incentives and Prosocial Behavior. American Economic Review 96 (5), 1652-1678
We develop a theory of prosocial behavior that combines heterogeneity in individual altruism and...
Important readings
Greif, A., Tabellini, G. (2012). The Clan and the City: Sustaining Cooperation in China and Europe
Over the last millennium, the clan and the city have been the locus of cooperation in China and...
Reading list archive
Scharf, K. and Tonin, M. (2018). The Economics of Philanthropy. MIT Press
Edited by Kimberley Scharf and Mirco Tonin Summary Experts bring economic tools to bear on...
Schechter, L. (2007). Theft, Gift-Giving, and Trustworthiness: Honesty is Its Own Reward in Rural Paraguay. American Economic Review, 97(5): 1560-1582
Rural areas of developing countries often lack e®ective legal enforcement. However, villagers...
Spagnolo, G. (1999). Social relations and cooperation in organizations. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 38 (1), 1-25.
This paper addresses the effects of social relations on cooperation (or collusion) in organizations...
Tonin, M. Vlassopoulos, M. (2012). Social Incentives Matter: Evidence from an Online Real Effort Experiment. IZA Discussion Paper 6716.
Contributing to a social cause can be an important driver for workers in the public and non-profit...
Tonin, M., Vlassopoulos, M. (2010). Disentangling the Sources of Pro-socially Motivated Effort: A Field Experiment. Journal of Public Economics 94 (11-12), 1086-1092.
This paper presents evidence from a field experiment, which aims to identify the two sources of...
Vanin, P. (2003). Economic Growth and Social Development. University of Pavia, PhD Thesis
Paolo Vanin PhD Programme in Economics University of Pavia Supervisors: Professor Giorgio...
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