Arbeitspapier
Making the world a better place: Experimental evidence from the generosity game
We study ultimatum and dictator experiments where the first mover chooses the amount of money to be distributed between the players within a given interval, knowing that her own share is fixed. Thus, the first mover is faced with scarcity, but not with the typical trade-off between her own and the other's payoff. Removing the trade-off inspires significant generosity, which is not affected by the second mover's veto power. On the whole our results confirm heterogeneity in behavior, but point to efficiency concerns as the predominant motive.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Jena Economic Research Papers ; No. 2009,071
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Game Theory and Bargaining Theory: General
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual
Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- Subject
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Ultimatum
Dictator
Social Preferences
Verhandlungstheorie
Soziale Wohlfahrtsfunktion
Altruismus
Theorie
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Güth, Werner
Levati, Maria Vittoria
Ploner, Matteo
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Max Planck Institute of Economics
- (where)
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Jena
- (when)
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2009
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Güth, Werner
- Levati, Maria Vittoria
- Ploner, Matteo
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Max Planck Institute of Economics
Time of origin
- 2009
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