Are people willing to sacrifice resources to save one's and others' face? In a laboratory experiment, we study whether …

preferences ; altruism ; fairness …

This paper investigates whether the prospect of redistribution hinders the formation of efficiency-enhancing groups. An … experiment is conducted in a Kenyan slum, Ugandan villages, and a UK university town and used to test, in an anonymous setting … intrinsic. However, the nature of the redistribution affects the magnitude of the impact. Giving has the least impact on the …