Public Statements of Good Conduct Promote Pro-Social Behavior

Koessler, Ann-Kathrin; Page, Lionel; Dulleck, Uwe

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3184836

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“…The A treatment dimension in our experiment relates closely to the large literature on communication in social dilemma games (Isaac and Walker, 1988;Miettinen and Suetens, 2008;Bochet and Putterman, 2009;Balliet, 2010;Koessler et al, 2018). The main finding of this literature is that pre-play communication facilitates cooperation (Bochet et al, 2006).…”

Section: Related Literaturementioning

confidence: 74%

Nudging cooperation in public goods provision

Barron

Nurminen

2020

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics

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Section: Related Literaturementioning

confidence: 74%

Nudging cooperation in public goods provision

Barron

Nurminen

2020

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics

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“…16 in the appendix). Previous research has shown that engaging individuals pro-actively in the act of promise-making induced a higher commitment to the promised behaviour (Kiesler 1971). After all group members made their decision about the promise, feedback was provided on which group members made the promise.…”

Section: Ratificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Structuring Communication Effectively—The Causal Effects of Communication Elements on Cooperation in Social Dilemmas

Koessler

Ortiz-Riomalo

Janke

et al. 2021

Environ Resource Econ

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Many environmental problems represent social dilemma situations where individually rational behaviour leads to collectively suboptimal outcomes. Communication has been found to alleviate the dilemma and stimulate cooperation in these situations. Yet, the knowledge of the basic elements, i.e. the types of information that need to be provided and exchanged to make communication effective, is still incomplete. Previous research relies on ex post methods, i.e. after conducting an experiment researchers analyse what information was shared during the communication phase. By nature, this ex post categorization is endogenous. In this study, we identify the basic elements of effective communication ex ante and evaluate their impact in a more controlled way. Based on the findings of previous studies, we identify four cooperation-enhancing elements of communication: (i) problem awareness, (ii) identification of strategies, (iii) agreement, and (iv) ratification. In a laboratory experiment with 560 participants, we implement interventions representing these components and contrast the resulting levels of cooperation with the outcomes under free (unstructured) or no communication. We find that the intervention facilitating agreement on a common strategy (combination of (ii) and (iii)) is particularly powerful in boosting cooperation. And if this is combined with interventions promoting problem awareness and ratification, similar cooperation levels as in settings with free-form communication can be reached. Our results are relevant not only from an analytical perspective, but also provide insights for social dilemma situations in which effective communication processes cannot be successfully self-organized, calling for some form of external, structured facilitation or moderation.

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“…In our experiment, the Ratification element only became active when the majority of the group members voted previously for the socially optimal strategy and naturally could only be implemented in combination with the other three elements. The implementation followed a mechanism developed by Koessler et al (2018): First, subjects were asked whether they wanted to promise that they will follow the socially optimal strategy in all rounds of the following game. If they agreed, they had to key-in the following statement: "I promise to contribute 20 points in all subsequent rounds."…”

Section: Ratificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Structuring Communication Effectively for Environmental Cooperation

Koessler¹,

Ortiz-Riomalo

Janke³

et al. 2020

SSRN Journal

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Many environmental problems represent social dilemma situations where individually rational behaviour leads to collectively suboptimal outcomes. Communication has been found to alleviate the dilemma and stimulate cooperation in these situations. Yet, the knowledge of what type of information needs to be shared to ensure the beneficial effect is still incomplete. Previous research relies on ex post methods, i.e. after conducting an experiment researchers analyse what information was shared during the communication phase. By nature, this ex post categorization is endogenous. In this study, we aim to identify the elements of effective communication ex ante and evaluate their impact in a more controlled way. Based on the findings of previous studies, we identify four cooperation-enhancing elements of communication: (i) problem awareness, (ii) identification of strategies, (iii) agreement, and (iv) ratification. In a laboratory experiment with 560 participants, we implement interventions representing these components and contrast the resulting levels of cooperation with the outcomes under free (unstructured) or no communication. We find that the intervention facilitating agreement on a common strategy (combination of (ii) and (iii)) is particularly powerful in boosting cooperation. And if this is combined with interventions promoting problem awareness and ratification, similar cooperation levels as in settings with free-form communication can be reached. Our results are relevant not only from an analytical perspective, but also provide insights for effectively structuring communication in participatory processes aimed at improving environmental outcomes.

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Public Statements of Good Conduct Promote Pro-Social Behavior

Cited by 3 publications

References 55 publications

Nudging cooperation in public goods provision

Nudging cooperation in public goods provision

Structuring Communication Effectively—The Causal Effects of Communication Elements on Cooperation in Social Dilemmas

Structuring Communication Effectively for Environmental Cooperation

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