Essays about: "dictator game"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words dictator game.

  1. 1. Giving It All: The impact of a minimum restriction on donor behavior

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Simon Billinger; [2020]
    Keywords : Charitable giving; Pay-what-you-want; Minimum restriction; Anchoring; Warm glow;

    Abstract : This paper uses a standard dictator game approach where each subject takes the role of the dictator and the counterpart is a charitable organization in order to explore changes in behavior following the introduction of minimum donation amount. While individuals in the control group could select any donation they wanted and keep the rest of the endowment, participants in the treatment group had to donate at least 30% of the endowment if they chose to donate. READ MORE

  3. 2. Can recipients' time preferences explain paternalistic altruism? Evidence from an online experiment

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : David Hakula; [2020]
    Keywords : Altruism; Paternalism; Paternalistic Altruism; Time Preferences; Patience;

    Abstract : I study paternalistic altruism in anonymous games, where some individuals choose to give non-monetary gifts rather than money despite knowing that the recipient prefers money. I hypothesize that this paternalism can partly be explained through altruists' information about the recipients' time preferences and present a simple model that predicts such behavior. READ MORE

  4. 3. Are people with higher interoceptive sensitivity really morealtruistic? : A replication study

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Psykologiska institutionen

    Author : Gustaf Nilsson; [2018]
    Keywords : emotion interoception altruism monetary generosity interoceptive sensitivity replication;

    Abstract : Interoceptive sensitivity (IS) is the ability to feel one’s own bodilysignals accurately. The connection between IS, emotional processingand consecutive behavior is a popular research topic. In this study, Itried to replicate a study by Piech and colleagues from 2017. READ MORE

  5. 4. Impact of the other bystander’s likelihood of helping on the global Bystander Effect

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jessica Zoller; [2017]
    Keywords : perceived likelihood of helping; helping game; Bystander Effect; other bystander s influence; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : When a victim is in need, people are less likely to help when there are other persons present. In general, this means that the probability of helping decreases in negative correlation to the number of bystanders affected. In social psychology literature, researchers refer to this phenomenon as the individual Bystander Effect. READ MORE

  6. 5. The effect of ethnicity in a giving situation - students versus seniors

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Lotta Adeborg; Moa Hedell; [2017]
    Keywords : ethnicity; giving situation; dictator game; ingroup; conventions;

    Abstract : Today's recognition of Stockholm as a multi-ethnic society entails that people's attitudes towards diversity in terms of ethnicity is of social importance. This paper examines the effect of ethnicity in a giving situation where students and seniors are compared. READ MORE