?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fmpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de%2F3323%2F&rft.title=Intentions%2C+Insincerity%2C+and+Prosocial+Behavior&rft.creator=Amegashie%2C+J.+Atsu&rft.subject=Z1+-+Cultural+Economics+%3B+Economic+Sociology+%3B+Economic+Anthropology&rft.subject=Z13+-+Economic+Sociology+%3B+Economic+Anthropology+%3B+Social+and+Economic+Stratification&rft.description=Consider+a+world+with+two+people%2C+1+and+2%2C+where+person+1+(the+proposer)+may+offer+to+help+person+2+(the+responder).+The+proposer+may+be+altruistic+towards+the+responder+either+out+of+a+genuine+desire+to+make+her+happy+or+out+of+guilt.+The+responder+derives+disutility+from+apparent+acts+of+altruism+motivated+by+guilt+because+she+considers+them+to+be+insincere.+She+might+reject+some+offers%2C+depending+on+her+beliefs+about+the+proposer%E2%80%99s+type.+I+model+this+social+interaction+as+a+game+with+interdependent+preference+types+under+incomplete+information+where+the+responder+cares+about+the+intentions+behind+the+proposer%E2%80%99s+prosocial+behavior.+I+consider+two+recent+formulations+of+endogenous+guilt%3A+simple+guilt+and+guilt+from+blame.+These+formulations+make+the+social+interaction+a+psychological+game.+I+find+that+the+beliefs+held+by+the+players+can+lead+to+an+equilibrium+in+which+all+offers+are+sincere+and+so+no+mutually+beneficial+trades+are+rejected%2C+although+the+responder+has+incomplete+information+about+the+proposer%E2%80%99s+type.+Equilibria+with+insincere+offers+are+possible+under+simple+guilt+but+are+impossible+under+guilt+from+blame.+These+results+are+applicable+to+both+intrinsic+and+instrumental+motivations+for+sincerity.+I+also+discuss+the+implications+of+insincerity+aversion+for+co-operation%2C+altruism%2C+political+correctness%2C+choice+of+identity%2C+and+trust.&rft.date=2006-01-12&rft.type=MPRA+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fmpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de%2F3323%2F1%2FMPRA_paper_3323.pdf&rft.identifier=++Amegashie%2C+J.+Atsu++(2006)%3A+Intentions%2C+Insincerity%2C+and+Prosocial+Behavior.++++&rft.language=en