Altruistic decisions are influenced by the allocation of monetary incentives in a pain-sharing game.

BACKGROUND:Altruistic behavior is essential to the sustainability of society, but our current understanding of its underlying motivation is limited. In addition to the intrinsic motives to help others, based on empathy, extrinsic motives such as monetary incentives and social reputation influence pr...

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Main Authors: Ye-Seul Lee, Hyun-Seo Song, Hackjin Kim, Younbyoung Chae
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213104