The Effect of Shame in Dictator Games with Information Asymmetry
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shame; dictator game; anonymity; experiment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2017-04-02 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2017-04-02 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-SOC-2017-04-02 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
- NEP-UPT-2017-04-02 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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