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, about 28% of the population demonstrate what appears to be positive reciprocity. The classroom laboratory sessions minimize … (anonymous) social distance. While the rate of positive reciprocity is higher (43%) with less social distance, the patterns in … behavior are surprisingly similar across treatments. To the extent that reciprocity could be a feature of virtual international …
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We examine dictator giving in a lab-in-the-field experiment in Cairo. Giving to a stranger and to a friend is positively correlated, and more altruistic dictators increase their giving less under non-anonymity. However, friends’ altruistic preferences are not significantly correlated.
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Some policy problems pit one group׳s interests against another׳s. One group may determine provision of a project (such as a dam) that benefits group members but hurts others. We introduce a model of such projects. In-group members may contribute to a common fund that benefits them as a public...
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We examine the influence of social distance on levels of trust and reciprocity in China. Social distance, reflected in … and social distance. However, reciprocity was not responsive to social distance. Study 2 found that affect-based trust … shouren classmates. This is true despite the fact that no more cognition-based trust is placed nor reciprocity received or …
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Among residents of an informal housing area in Cairo, we examine how dictator giving varies by the social distance between subjects - friend versus stranger - and by the anonymity of the dictator. While giving to strangers is high under anonymity, we find - consistent with Leider et al. (2009) -...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010955347
Among residents of an informal housing area in Cairo, we examine how dictator giving varies by the social distance between subjects – friend versus stranger – and by the anonymity of the dictator. While giving to strangers is high under anonymity, we find – consistent with Leider et al....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884308
While social relationships play an important role for individuals to cope with missing market institutions, they also limit individuals' range of trading partners. This paper aims at understanding the determinants of trust at various social distances when information asymmetries are present....
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While social relationships play an important role for individuals to cope with missing market institutions, they also limit individuals' range of trading partners. This paper aims at understanding the determinants of trust at various social distances when information asymmetries are present....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271364
Among residents of an informal housing area in Cairo, we examine how dictator giving varies by the social distance between subjects - friend versus stranger - and by the anonymity of the dictator. While giving to strangers is high under anonymity, we find - consistent with Leider et al. (2009) -...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319417
Among residents of an informal housing area in Cairo, we examine how dictator giving varies by the social distance between subjects - friend versus stranger - and by the anonymity of the dictator. While giving to strangers is high under anonymity, we find - consistent with Leider et al. (2009) -...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321488