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Occasional errors can benefit coordination

by Gaechter, Simon Published in Nature (London) (18.05.2017)

“...The chances solving a problem that involves coordination between people are increased by introducing robotic players that sometimes make mistakes. This finding...”

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Dispositional free riders do not free ride on punishment

by Weber, Till O Weisel, Ori Gächter, Simon Published in Nature communications (19.06.2018)

“...Strong reciprocity explains prosocial cooperation by the presence of individuals who incur costs to help those who helped them ('strong positive reciprocity')...”

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Contextualised strong reciprocity explains selfless cooperation despite selfish intuitions and weak social heuristics

by Isler Ozan Gächter Simon Maule A John Starmer Chris Published in Scientific reports (01.01.2021)

“...Humans frequently cooperate for collective benefit, even in one-shot social dilemmas. This provides a challenge for theories of cooperation. Two views focus on...”

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A cooperative instinct

by Gaechter, Simon Published in Nature (London) (19.09.2012)

“...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...”

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Reciprocity, culture and human cooperation: previous insights and a new cross-cultural experiment

by Gächter, Simon Herrmann, Benedikt Published in Philosophical transactions. Biological sciences (27.03.2009)

“...Understanding the proximate and ultimate sources of human cooperation is a fundamental issue in all behavioural sciences. In this paper, we review the...”

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Social Preferences, Beliefs, and the Dynamics of Free Riding in Public Goods Experiments

by Fischbacher, Urs Gachter, Simon Published in The American economic review (01.03.2010)

“...One lingering puzzle is why voluntary contributions to public goods decline over time in experimental and real-world settings. We show that the decline of...”

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LIONESS Lab: a free web-based platform for conducting interactive experiments online

by Giamattei, Marcus Published in Journal of the Economic Science Association (2020)

“...AbstractLIONESS Lab is a free web-based platform for interactive online experiments. An intuitive, user-friendly graphical interface enables researchers to...”

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Culture and cooperation

by Gächter, Simon Herrmann, Benedikt Thöni, Christian Published in Philosophical transactions. Biological sciences (12.09.2010)

“...Does the cultural background influence the success with which genetically unrelated individuals cooperate in social dilemma situations? In this paper, we...”

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Intrinsic honesty and the prevalence of rule violations across societies

by Gächter, Simon Schulz, Jonathan F Published in Nature (London) (24.03.2016)

“...Deception is common in nature and humans are no exception. Modern societies have created institutions to control cheating, but many situations remain where...”

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Working too much for too little: stochastic rewards cause work addiction

by Corgnet, Brice Gächter, Simon Hernán González, Roberto
01.02.2020

“...People are generally assumed to shy away from activities generating stochastic rewards, thus requiring extra compensation for handling any additional risk. In...”

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Antisocial Punishment Across Societies

by Herrmann, Benedikt Thoni, Christian Gachter, Simon Published in Science (07.03.2008)

“...We document the widespread existence of antisocial punishment, that is, the sanctioning of people who behave prosocially. Our evidence comes from public goods...”

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Social proximity and the erosion of norm compliance

by Bicchieri, Cristina Dimant, Eugen Gächter, Simon Nosenzo, Daniele
01.11.2020

“...We study how individuals' compliance with norms of pro-social behavior is influenced by other actors' compliance in a novel, dynamic, and non-strategic...”

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Cooperation and Punishment in Public Goods Experiments

by Fehr, Ernst Gachter, Simon Published in The American economic review (01.09.2000)

“...This study shows that individuals will punish 'free-riders' or 'freeloaders' in a work system even if the punishment is costly. An example of these...”

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Fairness and Retaliation: The Economics of Reciprocity

by Fehr, Ernst Gachter, Simon Published in The Journal of economic perspectives (01.07.2000)

“...This paper shows that reciprocity has powerful implications for many economic domains. It is an important determinant in the enforcement of contracts and...”

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Leaders as role models and ‘belief managers’ in social dilemmas

by Gächter, Simon Renner, Elke Published in Journal of economic behavior & organization (01.10.2018)

“...We investigate the link between leadership, beliefs and pro-social behavior in social dilemmas. This link is interesting because field evidence suggests that...”

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Altruistic punishment in humans

by Fehr, Ernst Gächter, Simon Published in Nature (London) (10.01.2002)

“...Human cooperation is an evolutionary puzzle. Unlike other creatures, people frequently cooperate with genetically unrelated strangers, often in large groups,...”

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Conducting interactive experiments online

by Arechar, Antonio A Gächter, Simon Molleman, Lucas Published in Experimental Economics (01.03.2018)

“...Online labor markets provide new opportunities for behavioral research, but conducting economic experiments online raises important methodological challenges...”

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