Experimental Evidence on Other-Regarding Preferences: Dictators Give to Help the Less Fortunate
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Keywords
Dictator game; Other-regarding preferences; Altruism;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2008-10-28 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2008-10-28 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-UPT-2008-10-28 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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