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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2025
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CESifo Working Paper No. 11837
Verlag: 
CESifo GmbH, Munich
Zusammenfassung: 
We provide evidence in line with the illusion of moral superiority, a phenomenon that individuals perceive themselves to be more morally motivated than others. We analyze survey data collected during the 2022/23 energy crisis in Germany to investigate individuals' and others' motivations to reduce gas consumption, including both financial and non-financial (or ‘moral’) motives. Across two studies, we find evidence for the illusion of moral superiority: participants, on average, attribute stronger moral motives to their own savings compared to those of others.
Schlagwörter: 
moral behavior
moral superiority
energy crisis.
JEL: 
H41
D01
D02
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