Preferences for efficiency, rather than preferences for morality, drive cooperation in the one-shot Stag-Hunt game

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Capraro, V., Rodriguez-Lara, I. and Ruiz-Martos, M. 2020. Preferences for efficiency, rather than preferences for morality, drive cooperation in the one-shot Stag-Hunt game. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics. 86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2020.101535
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TitlePreferences for efficiency, rather than preferences for morality, drive cooperation in the one-shot Stag-Hunt game
AuthorsCapraro, V., Rodriguez-Lara, I. and Ruiz-Martos, M.
Abstract

Recent work highlights that cooperation in the one-shot Prisoner's dilemma (PD) is primarily driven by moral preferences for doing the right thing, rather than social preferences for equity or efficiency. To our knowledge, nothing is known on whether moral preferences affect cooperation in the Stag-Hunt Game (SHG). Cooperation in the SHG fundamentally differs from cooperation in the PD in that it is not costly, but risky: players have no temptation to deviate from the cooperative outcome, but cooperation only pays off if the other player cooperates. Here we provide data from two experiments (total N = 523) to investigate SHG cooperation. Contrary to what has been observed for the PD, we find that SHG cooperation is primarily driven by preferences for efficiency, rather than moral preferences for doing the right thing.

KeywordsMorality, Cooperation, Efficiency, Risky choices, Stag-Hunt game
PublisherElsevier
JournalJournal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics
ISSN2214-8043
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Online17 Mar 2020
Print30 Jun 2020
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Deposited27 Apr 2020
Accepted15 Mar 2020
Output statusPublished
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2020.101535
LanguageEnglish
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