Utility-Based Altruism: Evidence in Favour Gary Becker

In Dictator Game experiments where the information status of the recipient varies we find that a certain type of donator tends to reduce his offer when the recipient has incomplete information about the pie size. This result provides new evidence on those approaches on altruism, which assume that the donator takes care for the recipient's utility when making his altruistic choice.

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Year of publication:	2005
Authors:	Bolle, Friedel ; Kritikos, Alexander S.
Publisher:	Frankfurt (Oder) : European University Viadrina, Department of Business Administration and Economics
Subject:	Spieltheorie \| Unvollkommene Information \| Altruismus \| Theorie \| dictator game

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Series:	Discussion Paper ; 232
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	499715810 [GVK] hdl:10419/23804 [Handle] RePEc:zbw:euvwdp:232 [RePEc]
Source:	EconStor

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