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Social Dilemmas: Individual, Collective, and Dynamic Perspectives Read chapter Read first chapter

1996 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

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

Authors : Chris Snijders, Werner Raub

Published in: Frontiers in Social Dilemmas Research

Publisher: 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.

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Title
Does “The Motivating Power of Loss” Exist? An Experimental Test of the Effect of Losses on Cooperation
Authors
Chris Snijders
Werner Raub
Copyright Year
1996
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Book
Frontiers in Social Dilemmas Research

Print ISBN: 978-3-642-85263-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-642-85261-9

Copyright Year: 1996

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85261-9_12