Abstract:The current experimental study investigated human sharing within a laboratory task that modeled environmental variability. In particular, it sought to assess the efficacy of a risk-reduction model of sharing, which originated from a risk-sensitive optimization model known as the energy-budget rule. Participants were given the choice between working alone or cooperating and sharing accumulated hypothetical earnings with a fictious partner. Failure to acquire sufficient money resulted in a loss of accumulated ea… Show more
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