?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.ut-capitole.fr%2Fid%2Feprint%2F25634%2F&rft.title=Strategic+Behavior+of+Moralists+and+Altruists&rft.creator=Alger%2C+Ingela&rft.creator=Weibull%2C+J%C3%B6rgen+W.&rft.subject=B-+ECONOMIE+ET+FINANCE&rft.description=Does+altruism+and+morality+lead+to+socially+better+outcomes+in+strategic+interactions+than+selfishness.+We+shed+some+light+on+this+complex+and+non-trivial+issue+by+examining+a+few+canonical+strategic+interactions+played+by+egoists%2C+altruists+and+moralists.+By+altruists+we+mean+people+who+do+not+only+care+about+their+own+material+payoffs+but+also+about+those+to+others%2C+and+by+a+moralist+we+mean+someone+who+cares+about+own+material+payoff+and+also+about+what+would+be+his+or+her+material+payoff+if+others+were+to+act+like+himself+or+herself.+It+turns+out+that+both+altruism+and+morality+may+improve+or+worsen+equilibrium+outcomes%2C+depending+on+the+nature+of+the+game.+Not+surprisingly%2C+both+altruism+and+morality+improve+the+outcomes+in+standard+public+goods+games.+In+infinitely+repeated+games%2C+however%2C+both+altruism+and+morality+may+diminish+the+prospects+of+cooperation%2C+and+to+di%C2%A4erent+degrees.+In+coordination+games%2C+morality+can+eliminate+socially+inefficient+equilibria+while+altruism+cannot.&rft.publisher=IAST+Working+Paper&rft.date=2017-08&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.ut-capitole.fr%2Fid%2Feprint%2F25634%2F1%2Fwp_iast_1769.pdf&rft.identifier=++Alger%2C+Ingela+and+Weibull%2C+J%C3%B6rgen+W.++(2017)+Strategic+Behavior+of+Moralists+and+Altruists.++IAST+Working+Paper%2C+n.+17-69%2C+Toulouse+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fiast.fr%2Fpub%2F31809&rft.language=en