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Eek, Daniel; Biel, Anders

doi:10.1023/a:1025984611796

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“…In the present study, we investigate the influence of trait greed in a resource dilemma 10 . Resource dilemmas are characterized by a decision between a selfish choice, which maximizes personal gains at the expense of others, and a cooperative choice, which maximizes the overall benefit for all players 11,12 .…”

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A neural perspective on when and why trait greed comes at the expense of others

Mussel

Hewig

2019

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Depending on the point of view, conceptions of greed range from being a desirable and inevitable feature of a well-regulated, well-balanced economy to the root of all evil - radix omnium malorum avaritia (Tim 6.10). Regarding the latter, it has been proposed that greedy individuals strive for obtaining desired goods at all costs. Here, we show that trait greed predicts selfish economic decisions that come at the expense of others in a resource dilemma. This effect was amplified when individuals strived for obtaining real money, as compared to points, and when their revenue was at the expense of another person, as compared to a computer. On the neural level, we show that individuals high, compared to low in trait greed showed a characteristic signature in the EEG, a reduced P3 effect to positive, compared to negative feedback, indicating that they may have a lack of sensitivity to adjust behavior according to positive and negative stimuli from the environment. Brain-behavior relations further confirmed this lack of sensitivity to behavior adjustment as a potential underlying neuro-cognitive mechanism which explains selfish and reckless behavior that may come at the expense of others.

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A neural perspective on when and why trait greed comes at the expense of others

Mussel

Hewig

2019

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“…The present study of preferences for allocation of public goods complements previous research investigating public good provision (e.g., Eek and Biel, 2003). Furthermore, the results provide compelling evidence for the impact of group goal on the preferred allocations.…”

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“…In a fruitful line of research, the importance of fairness for willingness to cooperate has been highlighted (e.g., Wilke, 1991; Kerr, 1995; Van Lange and Messick, 1996; Eek and Biel, 2003). In general, this research suggests that people contributes to public goods to the extent that they consider doing it as fair.…”

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Equity, Equal Shares or Equal Final Outcomes? Group Goal Guides Allocations of Public Goods

2017

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In an experiment we investigate preferences for allocation of a public good among group members who contributed unequally in providing the public good. Inducing the group goal of productivity resulted in preferences for equitable allocations, whereas inducing the group goals of harmony and social concern resulted in preferences for equal final outcomes. The study makes a contribution by simultaneously treating provision and allocation of a public good, thus viewing these as related processes. Another contribution is that a new paradigm is introduced that bears closer resemblance to real life public good dilemmas than previous research paradigms do.

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“…However, in the long term, freeloading can undermine the cooperative behavior of otherwise willing participants, due to fear that there will not be enough others who will cooperate. They might defect, ultimately resulting in a negative effect on the public good [51,52].…”

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“…Several studies have highlighted the importance of community leaders in ensuring community participation [25,86], since members of a group will only cooperate towards a collective goal when they expect other members to contribute as well [51].…”

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Costly Barriers to Sustainable Institutions: Empirical Evidence from State-Reinforced Management of a Communal Irrigation System in the Philippines

2017

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This study examines the process and outcome of institutional change from a self-governing common-pool resources (CPR) model into state-reinforced self-governance. Empirical evidence is drawn from the Philippines' experience in decentralizing the management of communal irrigation systems (CIS) to local farmers through Irrigators Associations (IAs). The field data were collected through archival research, a review of secondary documents, and key informant interviews in Sagada, Philippines. Through institutional analysis, the study confirms earlier empirical findings that self-governing bodies can work well with the state provided they do not impinge on the autonomy of resource users. However, user expectations regarding the costs and benefits of state-reinforced self-governance affect its likelihood of success. Drawing from the case study, changes in the value and distribution of transaction costs are the two biggest challenges to sustaining state-reinforced IAs. The first challenge is the introduction of membership and irrigation fees, a huge shift from the non-monetary contribution that farmers were accustomed to. The second challenge is the change in the allocation and distribution of transaction costs or, simply, who bears what cost. Further research is recommended to expand the current discourse on state-reinforced self-governance to include more in-depth transaction cost analysis.

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Cited by 36 publications

References 26 publications

A neural perspective on when and why trait greed comes at the expense of others

A neural perspective on when and why trait greed comes at the expense of others

Equity, Equal Shares or Equal Final Outcomes? Group Goal Guides Allocations of Public Goods

Costly Barriers to Sustainable Institutions: Empirical Evidence from State-Reinforced Management of a Communal Irrigation System in the Philippines

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