Self-image and moral balancing: An experimental analysis

Matteo Ploner and Tobias Regner

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2013, vol. 93, issue C, 374-383

Abstract: In our experiment, a dictator game variant, the reported outcome of a die roll determines the endowment (low/high) in a subsequent dictator game. In one treatment the experimenter is present and no cheating is possible, while in another subjects can enter the result of the roll themselves. Moral self-image is also manipulated in the experiment preceding ours. The aim of this experimental set up is to analyze dynamic aspects of moral behavior.

Keywords: Honesty; Moral balancing; Self-image; Dictator game; Experiments (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.jebo.2013.03.030

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