Too smart to be selfish? Measures of intelligence, social preferences, and consistency
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Keywords
dictator game; Social Value Orientation; altruism; cognitive ability;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2011-11-07 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-CWA-2011-11-07 (Central and Western Asia)
- NEP-EVO-2011-11-07 (Evolutionary Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2011-11-07 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-HPE-2011-11-07 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
- NEP-SOC-2011-11-07 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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