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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500828
framing on altruism. The main methodological result is that the dictators' prosocial behaviour is sensitive to the loss frame …
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framing on altruism. The main methodological result is that the dictators' prosocial behaviour is sensitive to the loss frame …
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In a within-subjects experiment we test the relation of risk preferences and charitable giving. Women not only give …
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multiple out-groups. In a laboratory experiment, we use dictator games for five groups to compare actual transfers to in …
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dictator game. In our experiment teams are more selfish than individuals, and the most selfish team member has the strongest …
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This paper studies the effects of two different frames on decisions in a dictator game. Before making their allocation decision, dictators read a short text. Depending on the treatment, the text either emphasizes their decision power and freedom of choice or it stresses their responsibility for...
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whether people retrieve their memory self-servingly in social encounters, we designed an experiment in which participants play …
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We extend the literature structurally estimating social preferences by accounting for the desire to adhere to social norms. Our representative agent is strongly motivated by norms and failing to account for this causes us to overestimate how much agents care about helping those who are worse...
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