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Spontaneous evolution of social exchange--An experimental study

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  • Berninghaus, Siegfried K.
  • Güth, Werner
  • Vogt, Bodo

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Each of several exchange partners owns a specific commodity which she can share with others. Unlike in other social dilemma scenarios like prisoners' dilemma, public goods games, etc., voluntary cooperation relies on bilateral exchanges whose profitabilities are interdependent. How will mutual sharing evolve? Will it include all group members or will smaller groups be more efficient? Our experimental data shed partly new light on older topics: cooperation is now relation specific, allowing for discrimination; group size effects are explored dynamically rather than in one-shot interaction; and, finally, we have weakened demand effects for voluntary cooperation by realistic efficiency gains.

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  • Berninghaus, Siegfried K. & Güth, Werner & Vogt, Bodo, 2008. "Spontaneous evolution of social exchange--An experimental study," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 37(3), pages 976-997, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:soceco:v:37:y:2008:i:3:p:976-997
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    1. Timm Teubner & Sonia Camacho, 2023. "Facing Reciprocity: How Photos and Avatars Promote Interaction in Micro-communities," Group Decision and Negotiation, Springer, vol. 32(2), pages 435-467, April.
    2. Werner Güth & M. Vittoria Levati & Georg von Wangenheim, 2010. "Mutual interdependence versus repeated interaction: An experiment studying voluntary social exchange," Rationality and Society, , vol. 22(2), pages 131-158, May.

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