道德优越感的幻觉：来自能源危机的证据

IF 2.4 2区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

European Economic Review Pub Date : 2025-07-03 DOI:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2025.105093

Markus Dertwinkel-Kalt , Christoph Feldhaus , Axel Ockenfels , Matthias Sutter

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摘要

我们提供了符合道德优越感错觉的证据，这是一种个人认为自己比别人更有道德动机的现象。我们分析了在德国2022/23年能源危机期间收集的调查数据，以调查个人和其他人减少天然气消耗的动机，包括经济和非经济（或“道德”）动机。在两项研究中，我们发现了道德优越感错觉的证据：平均而言，与他人相比，参与者将强烈的科隆大学道德动机归因于自己的储蓄。

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The illusion of moral superiority: Evidence from the energy crisis

We provide evidence in line with the illusion of moral superiority, a phenomenon that individuals perceive themselves to be more morally motivated than others. We analyze survey data collected during the 2022/23 energy crisis in Germany to investigate individuals’ and others’ motivations to reduce gas consumption, including both financial and non-financial (or ‘moral’) motives. Across two studies, we find evidence for the illusion of moral superiority: participants, on average, attribute strongUniversity of Cologneer moral motives to their own savings compared to those of others.

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European Economic Review ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

4.70

自引率

3.60%

发文量

170

期刊介绍： The European Economic Review (EER) started publishing in 1969 as the first research journal specifically aiming to contribute to the development and application of economics as a science in Europe. As a broad-based professional and international journal, the EER welcomes submissions of applied and theoretical research papers in all fields of economics. The aim of the EER is to contribute to the development of the science of economics and its applications, as well as to improve communication between academic researchers, teachers and policy makers across the European continent and beyond.