题目：Collectivism vs. Individualism and the Tragedy of Misbehavior

报告人：姜树广 （山东大学教授、博导）

主持人：连洪泉（华南师范大学经济与管理学院副教授）

腾讯会议：253 427 324

会议时间：4月15日下午2：00--3：30

摘要: We study misbehavior as a social dilemma using a repeated die-in-a-cup experiment in a group setting. The pursuit of individual interest motivates subjects to claim higher numbers. But when the total reported number of a group reaches a certain threshold, this generates an endogenous risk of collective failure. We vary the group size and collectivism vs. individualism priming in a 2×2 treatment. We observe a high level of dishonesty in all treatments which leads to the tragedy of misbehavior that 84.2% of participants’ payoff is less than the reservation payoff expected from honest behavior and subjects cannot coordinate to escape this tragedy with experience growing. Subjects in a large group claim a significantly higher number than subjects in a small group. Collectivism priming leads to lower claim in the first few periods than individualism priming but finally convergesto a high level of dishonesty in the last few periods. The effect difference between collectivism vs. individualism priming is larger in a small group than in a large group.

个人简介：姜树广，经济学博士，博士后，山东大学教授，博士生导师，山东大学齐鲁青年学者，山东省泰山学者青年专家。研究兴趣涉及非道德（如腐败）问题、人类合作与冲突、信念及价值观、贫困与收入分配、效用与幸福等。已在《经济研究》、《管理科学学报》、China Economic Review等中外文学术期刊发表多篇论文。获International Economic Association首届阿马蒂亚森奖（Amartya Sen Prizes），山东省第二十九次社会科学优秀成果奖一等奖、二等奖，浙江省哲学社会科学优秀成果奖二等奖等奖励荣誉。