Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/59603 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
Passauer Diskussionspapiere - Volkswirtschaftliche Reihe No. V-65-12
Publisher: 
Universität Passau, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Passau
Abstract: 
Intention-based models of reciprocity argue that people assess kindness by measuring the intended consequences of actual behavior (deeds) against foregone payoffs resulting from unchosen alternatives (omissions). While the effects of omissions have been intensively studied in recent years, less has been done with respect to the impact of deeds on reciprocation. I employ a novel game that alters the intended consequences behind actual behavior at constant levels of unchosen alternatives and realized payoffs. Aggregate results suggest that intended consequences only weakly matter for negative reciprocity. I find men to abstain from retaliation when others intend to mildly harm them. Women, however, seem to be largely invariant to intended consequences of actual behavior.
Subjects: 
intentions
reciprocity
kindness
gender
JEL: 
D63
C78
C91
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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