| 来源类型 | Working Paper
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| 规范类型 | 报告
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| DOI | 10.3386/w14508
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| 来源ID | Working Paper 14508
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| Self-Esteem, Moral Capital, and Wrongdoing |
| Ernesto Dal Bó; Marko Terviö
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| 发表日期 | 2008-11-20
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| 出版年 | 2008
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| 语种 | 英语
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| 摘要 | We present an infinite-horizon model of moral standards where self-esteem and unconscious drives play key roles. In the model, an individual receives random temptations (such as bribe offers) and must decide which to resist. Individual actions depend both on conscious intent and a type reflecting unconscious drives. Temptations yield consumption value, but keeping a good self-image (a high belief of being the type of person that resists) yields self-esteem. We identify conditions for individuals to build an introspective reputation for goodness ("moral capital") and for good actions to lead to a stronger disposition to do good. Bad actions destroy moral capital and lock-in further wrongdoing. Economic shocks that result in higher temptations have persistent effects on wrongdoing that fade only as new generations replace the shocked cohorts. Small parametric differences across societies may lead to large wrongdoing differentials, and societies with the same moral fundamentals may display different wrongdoing rates depending on how much past luck has polarized the distribution of individual beliefs. The model illustrates how optimal deterrence may change under endogenous moral costs and how wrongdoing may be compounded as high temptation activities attract individuals with low moral capital. |
| 主题 | Microeconomics
; Economics of Information
; Other
; Law and Economics
; Culture
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| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w14508
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| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物
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| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/572183
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Ernesto Dal Bó,Marko Terviö. Self-Esteem, Moral Capital, and Wrongdoing. 2008.
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