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Is generosity involuntary?
Journal article   Peer reviewed

Is generosity involuntary?

Tomas Broberg, Tore Ellingsen and Magnus Johannesson
Economics Letters, Vol.94(1), pp.32-37
2007

Abstract

Dictator game Exit option Generosity competition Economic Theory Social Sciences
We estimate the distribution of exit reservation prices in a dictator game. The mean exit reservation price equals 82% of the dictator game endowment and only 36% of subjects have exit reservation prices consistent with selfish or social preferences.

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