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dc.contributor.authorCappelen, Alexander Wright
dc.contributor.authorSørensen, Erik Øiolf
dc.contributor.authorTungodden, Bertil
dc.contributor.authorBirkeland, Sigbjørn
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-14T10:21:38Z
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-17T08:39:49Z
dc.date.available2015-09-14T10:21:38Z
dc.date.available2015-09-17T08:39:49Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationExperimental Economics 2014;17(4): 501-511nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn1386-4157
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/300416
dc.description-This is the author's version of the article:"An experimental study of prosocial motivation among criminals"Experimental Economics, December 2014, Volume 17, Issue 4, pp 501-511.nb_NO
dc.description.abstractThe fact that criminal behavior typically has negative consequences for others provides a compelling reason to think that criminals lack prosocial motivation. This paper reports the results from two dictator game experiments designed to study the prosocial motivation of criminals. In a lab experiment involving prisoners, we find a striking similarity in the prosocial behavior of criminals and non-criminals, both when they interact with criminals and when they interact with non-criminals. Similarly, in an Internet experiment on a large sample from the general population, we find no difference in the prosocial behavior of individuals with and without a criminal record. We argue that our findings provide evidence of criminals being as prosocially motivated as non-criminals in an important type of distributive situations.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherSpringer Linknb_NO
dc.subjectprosocial motivationnb_NO
dc.subjectcriminalsnb_NO
dc.titleAn experimental study of prosocial motivation among criminalsnb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.date.updated2015-09-14T10:21:38Z
dc.source.pagenumber501-511nb_NO
dc.source.volume17nb_NO
dc.source.journalExperimental Economicsnb_NO
dc.source.issue4nb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10683-013-9380-x
dc.identifier.cristin1053469
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 202484nb_NO


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