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communication between subjects. In reality, however, altruism usually requires interaction between givers and receivers, which … altruism are built on human sociality. We experimentally examine communication in which one subject allocates $10 between …To understand the "pure" incentives of altruism, economic laboratory research on humans almost always forbids …
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In this paper we present the results from a "corruption game" (a dictator game modified so that the second player can accept a side payment that reduces the overall size of the pie). Dictators (silently) treated to have the possibility of taking a larger proportion of the recipient's tokens,...
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We investigate the determinants of giving in a lab-in-the-field experiment with large stakes. Study participants in … post-experiment responses suggest that this effect is driven by a desire to control how recipients use gifted resources …
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We show that a measure of reciprocity derived from the Berg et al. (1995) trust game in a laboratory setting predicts the reciprocal behavior of the same subjects in a real-world situation. By using the Crowne and Marlowe (1960) social desirability scale, we do not find any evidence that a...
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In SIR models, infection rates are typically exogenous, whereas individuals adjust their behavior in reality. City-level data across the globe suggest that mobility falls in response to fear, proxied by Google searches. Incorporating experimentally validated measures of social preferences at the...
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This paper shows that when donors and recipients care about each other --two-sided altruism -- the presence of … information regarding the donor's income generates a signaling game in the presence of two-sided altruism. These signaling games … put upward pressure on transfers and this pressure increases with the altruism of the recipient …
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People's fairness preferences are an important constraint for what constitutes an acceptable economic transaction, yet little is known about how these preferences are formed. In this paper, we provide clean evidence that previous transactions play an important role in shaping perceptions of...
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conditional on inequality of the division. This is driven by the lowest income group in our sample, which represents the 10th …
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The literature exploring other regarding behavior sheds important light on interesting social phenomena, yet less attention has been given to how the received results speak to foundational assumptions within economics. Our study synthesizes the empirical evidence, showing that recent work...
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. In our experiment, subjects participate in a trust game, after which they have an opportunity to state their beliefs …
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