COOPERATION AND OPTIMISM IN A SOCIAL DILEMMA


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Oyediran O. A., Rivas M. F., Coulson M., Kernohan D.

BULLETIN OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, cilt.70, sa.4, ss.335-340, 2018 (SSCI, Scopus) identifier identifier

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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.