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1996 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

Does “The Motivating Power of Loss” Exist? An Experimental Test of the Effect of Losses on Cooperation

verfasst von : Chris Snijders, Werner Raub

Erschienen in: Frontiers in Social Dilemmas Research

Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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We test the intuitively plausible suggestion that collective action is more easily achieved if cooperation is necessary to avoid losses compared to the situation where cooperation is necessary to increase gains. An experiment using different 2-person repeated Prisoner’s Dilemmas as a simple example of a collective action situation was conducted and refutedthis suggestion.

Metadaten
Titel
Does “The Motivating Power of Loss” Exist? An Experimental Test of the Effect of Losses on Cooperation
verfasst von
Chris Snijders
Werner Raub
Copyright-Jahr
1996
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85261-9_12