Adam Smith’s error? Gender and country differences in altruistic giving revealed using the Andreoni–Miller dictator game
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Lab experiment; Dictator games; Social preference; Gender differences; Cultural differences;All these keywords.
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- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- Z10 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - General
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