Standard vs random dictator games: On the effects of role uncertainty and framing on generosity

Ernesto Mesa-Vázquez, Ismael Rodriguez-Lara and Amparo Urbano

Economics Letters, 2021, vol. 206, issue C

Abstract: We show that generosity is affected when we vary the level of role uncertainty, i.e., the probability that the dictator’s decision will be implemented. We also show that framing matters for generosity in that subjects are less generous when they are told that their choices will be implemented with a certain probability, compared with a setting in which they are told that their choices will not be implemented with certain probability.

Keywords: Dictator games; Generosity; Role uncertainty; Framing effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 D3 D6 D81 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2021.109981

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