This paper revisits the question of framing and the provision of public goods. It also addresses the question, is giving in Dictator Games an expression of altruism or an artefact of experimentation? What is unique about this paper is that we employ a real donationʺ lab experiment in a...

Giving (warm-glow plus purely altruistic giving) in the dictator game has been shown to vary with the nature of the endowment (house versus earned money), the action set (giving only versus the option to take), and the type of recipient (anonymous participants versus a charity). The contribution...

We examine the impact of social distance in dictator game giving. The study is conducted in a field setting with high stakes (two days’ wages). The sample is a representative sample from eleven low-income Mexican villages. Subjects make multiple dictator decisions simultaneously, in a...