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Date
2022-12Type
- Journal Article
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Abstract
Dictator game experiments come in three flavors: plain vanilla with strictly dichotomous separation of dictator and recipient roles, an interactive alternative whereby every subject acts in both roles, and a variant thereof with role uncertainty. We add information regarding which of these three protocols was used to data from the leading meta-study by Engel (Exp Econ 14(4):583-610, 2011) and investigate how these variations matter. Our meta-regressions suggest that interactive protocols with role duality compared with standard protocols, in addition to being relevant as a control for other effects, render subjects' giving less generous but more efficiency-oriented. Our results help organize existing findings in the field and indicate sources of confounds. Show more
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000576927Publication status
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Journal / series
Journal of the Economic Science AssociationVolume
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Publisher
SpringerSubject
Dictator game; Experiments; Meta Study; MethodologyOrganisational unit
09606 - Hangartner, Dominik / Hangartner, Dominik
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