title: Sociality as a natural mechanism of public goods provision.
abstract: In the recent literature, several hypotheses have been offered to explain patterns of human behavior in social environments. In particular, these patterns include 'prosocial' ones, such as fairness, cooperation, and collective good provision. Psychologists suggest that these prosocial behaviors are driven not by miscalculations, but by salience of social identity, in-group favoritism, emotion, or evolutionary adaptations. This paper imports psychology scholarship into an economic model and results in a sustainable solution to collective action problems without any external enforcement mechanisms. This natural mechanism of public goods provision is created, analyzed, and observed in a controlled laboratory environment using experimental techniques.
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America.
authors: Elliot T
authors: ET
authors: Berkman
authors: Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Skolkovo, Russian Federation.
authors: Evgeniya
authors: E
authors: Lukinova
authors: Department of Applied Mathematics and Management, Moscow Institute of Science and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia.
authors: Ivan
authors: I
authors: Menshikov
authors: Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Skolkovo, Russian Federation; Department of Political Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America.
authors: Mikhail
authors: M
authors: Myagkov
mesh_terms: D000533:Altruism; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005716:Game Theory; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D012919:Social Behavior; D012933:Social Identification