@article{c5e2eb0513ff49009c10fdac6e479fc6,
title = "Cooperation and optimism in a social dilemma",
abstract = "We examine the influence of optimism about local and foreign people on social cooperation using a public goods game. Firstly, we find that optimism fuels social cooperation, and secondly, that this positive effect holds when optimism is focused either jointly or individually.",
keywords = "beliefs, C91, H41, J15, optimism, public goods game",
author = "Oyediran, {Olusegun A.} and Rivas, {M. Fernanda} and Mark Coulson and David Kernohan",
note = "Funding Information: We thank the Junta de Andalucia (P07-SEJ-02547) for financial support and Pablo Bra{\~n}as Garza for his valuable comments. Funding Information: We thank the Junta de Andalucia (P07-SEJ-02547) for financial support and Pablo Bra?as Garza for his valuable comments. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 Board of Trustees of the Bulletin of Economic Research and John Wiley & Sons Ltd",
year = "2018",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1111/boer.12161",
language = "English",
volume = "70",
pages = "335--340",
journal = "Bulletin of Economic Research",
issn = "0307-3378",
publisher = "Wiley",
number = "4",
}