Social norms and preferences for generosity are domain dependent

Hande Erkut

Games and Economic Behavior, 2022, vol. 131, issue C, 121-140

Abstract: Experimental research on generosity has focused predominantly on behavior in the monetary domain, although many real-life decisions occur in the non-monetary domain. Investigating generosity preferences in the non-monetary domain is important for understanding a large class of situations ranging from effort provision at work to reducing individual CO2 emissions. This paper shows generosity differs between the monetary and non-monetary domains and that different social norms of allocation can predict greater levels of generosity in the non-monetary compared to the monetary domain.

Keywords: Generosity; Dictator game; Non-monetary domain; GARP; Social norms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 D03 D64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2021.10.005

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