The effects of the take-option in dictator-game experiments: a comment on Engel’s (2011) meta-study
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Keywords
Dictator game experiments; Meta-analysis; Giving; Normalized giving; Take-option; C24; C91; D03;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C24 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Truncated and Censored Models; Switching Regression Models; Threshold Regression Models
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
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