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Davis, Alexander L.; Jehli, Nadja R.; Miller, John H.; … - 2015

Extensive research in economics explores generosity in monetary allocations. However, generosity often involves the allocation of non-monetary goods or experiences. Existing evidence suggests that generosity may be higher in such contexts, though no direct comparison exists. Here, we compare...

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Gender effects in dictator game giving : women favour female recipients

Baltrusch, Maximilian; Wichardt, Philipp C. - 2018 - This version: April 22, 2018

Allowing for a free choice of the recipient's gender in a dictator game (N = 508), we find that women show a substantial gender biased towards females. Adding a charity recipient to the possible choices, the charity becomes the primary recipient and overall transfers increase. Yet, conditioning...

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Moral motive selection in the lying-dictator game

Barron, Kai; Stüber, Robert; Veldhuizen, Roel van - 2022

hypothesis using a laboratory experiment that induces a conflict between two of the most-studied moral motives: fairness and …

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When ignorance is bliss : information asymmetries enhance prosocial behavior in dictator games

Winschel, Evguenia; Zahn, Philipp - 2014

knowledge. To assess the effect of information asymmetries on prosocial behavior, we conduct a laboratory experiment with a … a consequence and the main finding of our experiment, uninformed dictators behave more prosocially than informed …

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How does group-decision making affect subsequent individual behavior?

Doerrenberg, Philipp; Feldhaus, Christoph - 2022

questions using a controlled dictator-game experiment and find the following main results. First, groups and individuals are not …

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The role of interpersonal uncertainty in prosocial behavior

Chakraborty, Anujit; Henkel, Luca - 2024

In prosocial decisions, decision-makers are inherently uncertain about how their decisions impact others’ utility – we call this interpersonal uncertainty. We show that people’s response to interpersonal uncertainty shapes well-known patterns of prosocial behavior. First, using standard...

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Bracelets of pride and guilt? : an experimental test of self-signaling in charitable giving

Weele, Joël J. van der; Siemens, Ferdinand von - 2014

experiment subjects divide 20 euros between themselves and a charity. Some randomly determined participants are induced to wear a … bracelet for the two weeks following their donation decision. This bracelet serves as a private reminder of the experiment … remember the experiment in the following two weeks. …

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Does willful ignorance deflect punishment? : an experimental study

Bartling, Björn; Engl, Florian; Weber, Roberto A. - 2013

consequences of their actions for others. We employ a laboratory experiment, using modified dictator games in which a dictator can …

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Bargaining with charitable promises : true preferences and strategic behavior

Lange, Andreas; Schwirplies, Claudia - 2021

We report experimental ﬁndings on the role of charitable promises in bargaining settings. We vary the enforceability of such promises within variants of ultimatum games where the proposer suggest a split between himself, the responder and a char-itable donation. By reneging on initial pledges,...

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Norms and guilt

Danilov, Anastasia; Khalmetski, Kiryl; Sliwka, Dirk - 2018

It has been argued that guilt aversion (the aversion to violate others' expectations) and the compliance to descriptive social norms (the aversion to act differently than others in the same situation) are important drivers of human behavior. We show in a formal model that both motives are...

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