Ownership Effects in Dictator Games: Evidence from an Experimental Study

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In this study, we tested the effect of time delays on sharing behavior. We conducted a dictator game to examine whether dictators change their sharing behaviors if they have more time between receiving and sharing money. When the response time was 2 hours, the sharing behavior of dictators was similar to sharing behavior in a standard game without time delay. However, if the dictators kept their received money for a week, they were remarkably less likely to share the money. This finding provides suggestive evidence of the ownership effect in sharing behavior.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: GLO Discussion Paper ; No. 1032

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Game Theory and Bargaining Theory: General ; Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement ; Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
• Subject: Dictator games ; endowment ; experiment ; time delay

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Nguyen, Cuong Viet ; Vu, Linh Hoang
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Global Labor Organization (GLO)
• (where): Essen
• (when): 2022

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/249205
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET