Do women behave more reciprocally than men? Gender differences in real effort dictator games
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- Heinz, Matthias & Juranek, Steffen & Rau, Holger A., 2012. "Do women behave more reciprocally than men? Gender differences in real effort dictator games," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 83(1), pages 105-110.
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Keywords
Gender; Reciprocity; Dictator Game; Real Effort;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
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2011-08-02 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-DEM-2011-08-02 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-EVO-2011-08-02 (Evolutionary Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2011-08-02 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-GTH-2011-08-02 (Game Theory)
- NEP-LAB-2011-08-02 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-SOC-2011-08-02 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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