Experimentally Induced Empathy does not Affect Monetarily Incentivized Dictator Game Behavior
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Keywords
Empathy; Dictator Game; Generosity; Altruism; Experimental Economics;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- 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-2018-04-16 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2018-04-16 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-GTH-2018-04-16 (Game Theory)
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