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Reciprocity and Giving in a Consecutive Three-Person Dictator Game with Social Interaction

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  • Bahr Gunter

    (Department of Economics, Kiel University,Kiel, Germany)

  • Requate Till

    (Olshausenstraße Kiel University,Kiel, Germany)

Abstract

We study pure indirect reciprocity by setting up a modified dictator game with three players A, B, and C acting sequentially. Subject A takes a share of a pie and passes the rest to subject B, while B divides the rest between herself and C. We find that this consecutive three-person dictator game increases generosity compared with the traditional two-person dictator game. We analyze the influence of social interaction and uncertainty. In treatments with certainty we observe pure indirect reciprocity: B indirectly reciprocates for A’s behavior in the decision on how generous to be to C.

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  • Bahr Gunter & Requate Till, 2014. "Reciprocity and Giving in a Consecutive Three-Person Dictator Game with Social Interaction," German Economic Review, De Gruyter, vol. 15(3), pages 374-392, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:germec:v:15:y:2014:i:3:p:374-392
    DOI: 10.1111/geer.12013
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    Cited by:

    1. Wendelin Schnedler & Nina Lucia Stephan, 2020. "Revisiting a Remedy Against Chains of Unkindness," Schmalenbach Business Review, Springer;Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft, vol. 72(3), pages 347-364, July.
    2. Schnedler, Wendelin, 2022. "The broken chain: Evidence against emotionally driven upstream indirect reciprocity," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 136(C), pages 542-558.

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