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Davis, Alexander L. - 2015

Extensive research in economics explores generosity in monetary allocations. However, generosity often involves the allocation of non-monetary goods or experiences. Existing evidence suggests that generosity may be higher in such contexts, though no direct comparison exists. Here, we compare...

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Mine, Ours and Yours? Unintended Framing Effects in Dictator Games

Bergh, Andreas - 2018

This paper reports results from a classroom dictator game comparing the effects of three different sets of standard instructions. The results show that seemingly small differences in instructions induce fundamentally different perceptions regarding entitlement. Behavior is affected accordingly,...

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Transparency is Overrated : Communicating in a Coordination Game with Private Information

Cabrales, Antonio - 2018

We consider an experiment with a version of the Battle of the Sexes game with two-sided private information, allowing a …

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Altruistic Observational Learning

March, Christoph - 2016

We report two information cascade game experiments that directly test the impact of altruism on observational learning … substantial public information which increases the earnings of participants. In Experiment 2, participants have better … opportunities to learn about the strategies played by observed which amplifies the impact of altruism on observational learning …

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When Ignorance is Bliss - Information Asymmetries Enhance Prosocial Behavior in Dictator Games

Winschel, Evguenia; Zahn, Philipp - 2021

knowledge. To assess the effect of information asymmetries on prosocial behavior, we conduct a laboratory experiment with a … a consequence and the main finding of our experiment, uninformed dictators behave more prosocially than informed …

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Efficiency-Morality Trade-Offs in Repugnant Transactions : A Choice Experiment

Elias, Julio - 2016

conducted an online choice experiment to characterize preferences for the morality and efficiency of payments to kidney donors …

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Gender Effects in Dictator Game Giving : Women Favour Female Recipients

Baltrusch, Maximilian - 2018

Allowing for a free choice of the recipient's gender in a dictator game (N = 508), we find that women show a substantial gender biased towards females. Adding a charity recipient to the possible choices, the charity becomes the primary recipient and overall transfers increase. Yet, conditioning...

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Playing with the Good Guys - A Public Good Game with Endogenous Group Formation

Brekke, Kjell Arne - 2013

In public good games, voluntary contributions tend to start off high and decline as the game is repeated. If high contributors are matched, however, contributions tend to stay high. We propose a formalization predicting that high contributors will self-select into groups committed to charitable...

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Altruistic Punishment in Elections

Aimone, Jason Anthony; Butera, Luigi; Stratmann, Thomas - 2021

simple voting experiment, we show that many voters are willing to engage in voting as a form of punishment, even when voting …

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Economic Incentives and Social Preferences : A Preference-Based Lucas Critique of Public Policy

Bowles, Samuel; Polanía Reyes, Sandra - 2021

counterproductive when they diminish altruism, ethical norms and other social preferences. Evidence from 51 experimental studies …

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