DATA for: The behavioral mechanisms of voluntary cooperation across culturally diverse societies: Evidence from the US, the UK, Morocco, and Turkey

Provides data and analysis codes for Weber, Schulz, Beranek, Lambarraa-Lehnhardt and Gächter: "The behavioral mechanisms of voluntary cooperation across culturally diverse societies: Evidence from the US, the UK, Morocco, and Turkey", Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 215, November 2023, 134-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2023.09.006

ABSTRACT: We examine the role of cooperative preferences, beliefs, and punishments to uncover potential cross-societal differences in voluntary cooperation. Using one-shot public goods experiments in four comparable subject pools from the US and the UK (two similar Western societies) and Morocco and Turkey (two comparable non-Western societies), we find that cooperation is lower in Morocco and Turkey than in the UK and the US. Using the ABC approach – in which cooperative attitudes and beliefs explain cooperation – we show that cooperation is mostly driven by differences in beliefs rather than cooperative preferences or peer punishment, both of which are similar across the four subject pools. Our methodology is generalizable across subject pools and highlights the central role of beliefs in explaining differences in voluntary cooperation within and across culturally, economically, and institutionally diverse societies. Because our behavioral mechanisms correctly predict actual contributions, we argue that our approach provides a suitable methodology for analyzing the determinants of voluntary cooperation of any group of interest.

本数据集为Weber、Schulz、Beranek、Lambarraa-Lehnhardt及Gächter的研究论文《跨文化多元社会中的自愿合作行为机制：来自美国、英国、摩洛哥与土耳其的证据》提供数据与分析代码，该论文发表于《经济行为与组织期刊（Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization）》2023年11月第215卷，页码134-152，DOI链接：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2023.09.006。摘要：为探究不同社会间自愿合作的潜在差异，本文围绕合作偏好、信念与惩罚的作用展开研究。本研究针对来自英美（两个相似的西方社会）以及摩洛哥、土耳其（两个可比的非西方社会）的四组可比受试群体（subject pools）开展一次性公共品实验，结果发现摩洛哥与土耳其的合作水平低于英美两国。本文采用ABC分析框架（ABC approach）——该框架以合作态度与信念解释合作行为——发现自愿合作主要由信念差异驱动，而非合作偏好或同伴惩罚，后两者在四组受试群体中均无显著差异。本研究方法可跨受试群体推广应用，且凸显了信念在解释文化、经济与制度多元的社会内部及跨社会的自愿合作差异时的核心作用。由于本研究提出的行为机制可准确预测实际合作贡献，因此本文认为该分析框架可作为适用于分析任意目标群体自愿合作决定因素的有效方法。