Giving and sorting among friends: Evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment

Christine Binzel and Dietmar Fehr

Economics Letters, 2013, vol. 121, issue 2, 214-217

Abstract: We examine dictator giving in a lab-in-the-field experiment in Cairo. Giving to a stranger and to a friend is positively correlated, and more altruistic dictators increase their giving less under non-anonymity. However, friends’ altruistic preferences are not significantly correlated.

Keywords: Giving; Reciprocity; Social distance; Networks; Sorting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C93 D64 L14 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.08.002

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