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008 050725s2005 gw sb 000 0 eng
010 $a 2005619347
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aHD5701
100 1 $aFehr, Ernst.
245 10 $aNeuroeconomic foundations of trust and social preferences$h[electronic resource] /$cby Ernst Fehr, Urs Fischbacher, Michael Kosfeld.
260 $aBonn, Germany :$bIZA,$c[2005]
490 1 $aDiscussion paper ;$vno. 1641
538 $aSystem requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
538 $aMode of access: World Wide Web.
500 $aTitle from PDF file as viewed on 7/25/2005.
530 $aAlso available in print.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 3 $a"This paper discusses recent neuroeconomic evidence related to other-regarding behaviors and the decision to trust in other people's other-regarding behavior. This evidence supports the view that people derive nonpecuniary utility (i) from mutual cooperation in social dilemma (SD) games and (ii) from punishing unfair behavior. Thus, mutual cooperation and the punishment of free riders in SD games is not irrational, but better understood as rational behavior of people with corresponding social preferences. We also report the results of a recent study that examines the impact of the neuropeptide Oxytocin (OT) on trusting and trustworthy behavior in a sequential SD. Animal studies have identified Oxytocin as a hormone that induces prosocial approach behavior, suggesting that it may also affect prosocial behavior in humans. Indeed, the study shows that subjects given Oxytocin exhibit much more trusting behavior, suggesting that OT has a direct impact on certain aspects of subjects' social preferences. Interestingly, however, although Oxytocin affects trusting behavior, it has no effect on subjects' trustworthiness"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
650 0 $aTrust.
650 0 $aOxytocin.
700 1 $aFischbacher, Urs.
700 1 $aKosfeld, Michael.
830 0 $aDiscussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) ;$vno. 1641
856 40 $uhttp://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=1641