We conduct a real-effort task experiment where subjects’ performance translates
into a donation to a charity. In a within-subjects design we vary the visibility
of the donation (no/private/public feedback). Confirming previous studies, we
find that subjects’ performance increases, that is, they donate more to charity,
when their relative performance is made public. In line with the competitive
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Radical alternatives, in terms of our ideas about science in society, about
economics, ideology and institutional arrangements, should be included among
possibilities considered within the scope of a pluralistic philosophy. While all
these aspects of our mental maps are interrelated and important, economics plays
a key role in attempts to get closer to a sustainable society. Mainstream
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