Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/226264 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 8562
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper combines several large-scale surveys with different identification strategies to shed new light on the determinants of cooperative behavior. We provide evidence indicating that the well-being maximizing level of trust is above the income maximizing level. Higher trust is also linked to more cooperative and pro-social behaviors, including the private provision of global public goods such as climate change mitigation. Consistent with "warm glow" theories of pro-social behavior, our results show that individuals may enjoy being more cooperative than what would lead them to maximize their income, which is reflected in higher levels of well-being.
Subjects: 
cooperation
generalized trust
pro-social behaviour
pro-environmental behavior
well-being
JEL: 
Q50
H41
I31
D64
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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