Taking aversion

Oleg Korenok, Edward L. Millner and Laura Razzolini ()

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2018, vol. 150, issue C, 397-403

Abstract: We determine whether the moral cost of taking exceeds the moral cost of not giving. We design and conduct an experiment to determine whether a dictator prefers a giving game over a taking game when the payoff possibilities are identical and to measure the strength of the preference. We find that aversion to taking is prevalent and strong. Over 85% of the dictators in our experiment choose to play a giving game over a taking game when the payoff possibilities are identical and, on average, dictators are willing to sacrifice over 31% of their endowment to avoid taking.

Keywords: Taking; Dictator game; Impure altruism; Equivalent variation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 D01 D64 H30 H41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2018.01.021

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