Cooperation and optimism in a social dilemma

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Oyediran, Olusegun A., Rivas, M. Fernanda, Coulson, Mark and Kernohan, David (2018) Cooperation and optimism in a social dilemma. Bulletin of Economic Research, 70 (4). pp. 335-340. ISSN 0307-3378

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Abstract

We examine the influence of optimism about local and foreign people on social cooperation using a public goods game. Firstly, we find that optimism fuels social cooperation, and secondly, that this positive effect holds when optimism is focused either jointly or individually.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Funding Information: We thank the Junta de Andalucia (P07-SEJ-02547) for financial support and Pablo Brañas Garza for his valuable comments. Funding Information: We thank the Junta de Andalucia (P07-SEJ-02547) for financial support and Pablo Bra?as Garza for his valuable comments. Publisher Copyright: © 2018 Board of Trustees of the Bulletin of Economic Research and John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Uncontrolled Keywords:	beliefs,c91,h41,j15,optimism,public goods game,economics and econometrics ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2000/2002
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Psychology
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	11 Oct 2022 12:30
Last Modified:	19 Dec 2023 04:28
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/88983
DOI:	10.1111/boer.12161

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