Altruism in anonymous dictator games Academic Article

abstract

• We conduct double-anonymous dictator experiments to explore the role of altruism in motivating subjects' behavior. We vary the extent to which an anonymous recipient is deserving of aid and investigate its effect on the allocation of a fixed pie by student subjects. This is accomplished by including as treatments: (1) an anonymous student subject and (2) an established charity. We find that a significant increase in donations occurs when we increase the extent to which a donation goes to a recipient generally agreed to be "deserving." We conclude that subjects are rational in the way they incorporate fairness into their decisions. Journal of Economic Literature Classification Numbers: A13, C91, D64. 1996 Academic Press, Inc.

authors

• Eckel, Catherine

published proceedings

• GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR

altmetric score

• 20

author list (cited authors)

• Eckel, C. C., & Grossman, P. J.

citation count

• 677

complete list of authors

• Eckel, CC||Grossman, PJ

publication date

• October 1996

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Games and Economic Behavior  Journal

keywords

• Clinical Research

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1006/game.1996.0081

start page

• 181

end page

• 191

volume

• 16

issue

• 2

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1006%2Fgame.1996.0081