Is behavioral pro-sociality game-specific? Pro-social preference and expectations of pro-sociality

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 260-271

  Yamagishi, Toshio ^a   Mifune, Nobuhiro ^b   Li, Yang ^c   Shinada, Mizuho ^d   Hashimoto, Hirofumi ^d   Horita, Yutaka ^e   Miura, Arisa ^c   Inukai, Keigo ^c   Tanida, Shigehito ^f   Kiyonari, Toko ^g   Takagishi, Haruto ^h   Simunovic, Dora ^c  

^a TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TAISHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dictator game; Expectation; Faith game; Prisoner's dilemma game; Pro self; Pro social; Social dilemma; Social preference; Social value orientation; Trust game

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873647958     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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