Do previous good deeds to a third party make people more tolerant of bad deeds against them? An experimental investigation

P. Ndodjang, Gilles Grolleau () and Lisette Ibanez

Economics Letters, 2013, vol. 121, issue 3, 364-368

Abstract: How do people react to a mix of good deeds to a third party and bad deeds against them? A modified ultimatum game shows that previous good deeds make responders substantially more tolerant to unfair proposals.

Keywords: Experiment; Licensing; Reciprocity; Social norms; Punishment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 D03 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.09.015

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