Por qué nadie dona el calefón. Un experimento social para explicar comportamientos no-altruistas en el mercado

MACERI, S., GIARRIZZO, V.

CABA

Congreso; XI Encuentro de Filosofía e Historia de la Ciencia del Cono Sur; 2018

Why doesn´t anybody donate their water heater?A social experiment made to explain non-altruistic behaviour in the market.We do present the results of a social experiment conducted during 2017. Stating the situation of a manufacturer of water heaters who begins to export 80% of his products at higher prices and must decide what to do with the prices of the remaining water heaters in the local market, we will analyze three hypotheses: (i) the decision of the majority follows the individualist logic (to raise the prices) (ii) The decision to maintain or lowering the prices only happens if there is an external observer acting as a witness. (iii) Given the fact that no one would donate the remaining water heaters, in the market game, no one escapes from the Homo ?conomicus.