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Professor of Management Science & Brain and Cognitive Sciences | MIT
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Social Heuristics Shape Intuitive Cooperation

David G. Rand, Alexander Peysakhovich, Gordon T. Kraft-Todd, George E. Newman, Owen Wurzbacher, Martin A. Nowak, Joshua D. Greene (2014). Nature Communications 5: 3677. [Data and code]

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PostedApril 17, 2014
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Categoriesjournal-article, social-behaviors-beliefs, 2014
Tags2014, Cooperation, Intuition, Mechanical turk

Religious Motivations for Cooperation: An Experimental Investigation Using Explicit Primes

David G. Rand, Anna Dreber, Omar S. Haque, Rob J. Kane, Martin A. Nowak, and Sarah Coakley (2014). Religion, Brain & Behavior.  4 31-48.

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PostedJanuary 31, 2014
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Categoriesjournal-article, social-behaviors-beliefs
Tags2014, Cooperation, Intergroup, Religion

The Decisions of Entrepreneurs and Their Agents: Revealed Levels of Risk Aversion and Betrayal Aversion

Anna Dreber, David Rand, Nils Wernerfelt, Peter Worrell, Richard Zeckhauser (2013). Social Science Research Network

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PostedJuly 25, 2013
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Categories2013, journal-article, social-behaviors-beliefs
TagsRisk-taking

Human Cooperation

David Rand and Martin A. Nowak (2013). Trends in Cognitive Science 17, 413–425

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PostedJuly 25, 2013
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Categories2013, journal-article, social-behaviors-beliefs
Tags2013, Cooperation, Intuition, Repeated games, `Review articles

Powering Up With Indirect Reciprocity in a Large-Scale Field Experiment

Erez Yoeli, Moshe Hoffman, David Rand, Martin A. Nowak (2013). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110, 10424–10429

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PostedJuly 25, 2013
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Categories2013, journal-article, social-behaviors-beliefs
Tags2013, Cooperation, Reputation, Field experiments

Do People Care About Social Context? Framing Effects in Dictator Games

Anna Dreber, Tore Ellingsen, Magnus Johannesson, David Rand (2012). Experimental Economics. doi:10.1007/s10683-012-9341-9. [Data and code]

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PostedJuly 25, 2013
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Categories2012, social-behaviors-beliefs, journal-article
Tags2012, Cooperation

Civic Capital in Two Cultures: The Nature of Cooperation in Romania and USA

Tore Ellingsen, Benedikt Herrmann, Martin A. Nowak, David Rand, Corina E. Tarnita (2013). Social Science Research Network 

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PostedJuly 25, 2013
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Categoriesjournal-article, social-behaviors-beliefs, 2013
TagsCooperation, Punishment, Repeated games

Slow to Anger and Fast to Forgive: Cooperation in an Uncertain World

Drew Fudenberg, David Rand, Anna Dreber (2012). American Economic Review 102, 720–749. [Data and code]

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PostedJuly 25, 2013
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Categories2012, journal-article, social-behaviors-beliefs
Tags2012, Cooperation, Repeated games

The Value of Reputation

Thomas Pfeiffer, Lily Tran, Coco Krumme, David Rand (2012). Journal of the Royal Society Interface. doi:10.1098/rsif.2012.0332

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PostedJuly 25, 2013
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Categories2012, journal-article, social-behaviors-beliefs
Tags2012, Cooperation, Reputation

Spontaneous Giving and Calculated Greed

David Rand, Joshua D. Greene, Martin A. Nowak (2012). Nature 489, 427–430. [Data and code] Brief Communications Arising (Gustav Tinghog et al.), and our reply [Data and code for reply]

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PostedJuly 25, 2013
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Categories2012, journal-article, social-behaviors-beliefs
Tags2012, Cooperation, Intuition

Divine Intuition: Cognitive Style Influences Belief in God

Amitai Shenhav, David Rand, Joshua D. Greene (2012). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 141, 423–428 [Data and code]

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PostedJuly 25, 2013
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Categories2012, journal-article, social-behaviors-beliefs
Tags2012, Intuition, Religion

Strategic Self-Interest Can Explain Seemingly 'Fair' Behavior in the Ultimatum Game

Jordan S. Wells and David Rand (2012). Social Science Research Network

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PostedJuly 25, 2013
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Categories2012, journal-article, social-behaviors-beliefs
TagsCooperation

Dynamic Social Networks Promote Cooperation in Experiments With Humans

David Rand, Samuel Arbesman, and Nicholas A. Christakis (2011). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108, 19193–19198 [Data and code] 

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PostedJuly 25, 2013
AuthorScienceSites
Categories2011, journal-article, social-behaviors-beliefs
Tags2011, Cooperation, Repeated games, Social networks, Reputation

Currency Value Moderates Equity Preference Among Young Children

Peter R. Blake and David Rand (2010). Evolution and Human Behavior 31, 210–218. [Data]

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PostedJuly 25, 2013
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Categories2010, social-behaviors-beliefs, journal-article
Tags2010, Cooperation

Positive Interactions Promote Public Cooperation

David Rand, Anna Dreber, Tore Ellingsen, Drew Fudenberg, Martin A. Nowak (2009). Science, 325, 1272–1275. [Data]

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PostedJuly 25, 2013
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Categories2009, social-behaviors-beliefs, journal-article
Tags2009, Cooperation, Punishment, Repeated games

Dynamic Remodeling of In-Group Bias During the 2008 Presidential Election

David Rand, Thomas Pfeiffer, Anna Dreber, Rachel W. Sheketoff, Nils C. Wernerfelt, and Yochai Benkler (2009). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences  106, 6187–6191. [Data]

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PostedJuly 25, 2013
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Categories2009, social-behaviors-beliefs, journal-article
Tags2009, Cooperation, Intergroup, Politics

Winners Don't Punish

Anna Dreber, David Rand, Drew Fudenberg, and Martin A. Nowak (2008). Nature 452, 348–351. [Data]

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PostedJuly 25, 2013
AuthorScienceSites
Categories2008, journal-article, social-behaviors-beliefs
Tags2008, Cooperation, Punishment, Repeated games

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