An experimental test of direct and indirect reciprocity in case of complete and incomplete information

Martin Dufwenberg, Uri Gneezy, Werner Güth () and Eric van Damme

No 2000,36, SFB 373 Discussion Papers from Humboldt University of Berlin, Interdisciplinary Research Project 373: Quantification and Simulation of Economic Processes

Abstract: Direct reciprocity means to respond in kind to another person whereas indirect reciprocity is understood here as rewarding someone else. We perform corresponding experiments which use a similar underlying structure as the reciprocity experiment of Berg, Dickhaut, and McCabe (1995). Another variation concerns the information about the multiplier of donations where we compare the benchmark case with a commonly known multiplier to a condition where the multiplier is known for sure only by donators. Questions which we try to answer are: Will indirect reciprocity induce higher or lower donations?, will donators with the high multiplier hide behind the small one?, how do receivers respond to the different situations?

Keywords: experiment; reciprocity; Trust; game (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C72 C92 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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Working Paper: An experimental test of direct and indirect reciprocity in case of complete and incomplete information (2001)
Working Paper: An Experimental Test of Direct and Indirect Reciprocity in Case of Complete and Incomplete Information (2000)
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