Imagine being a nice guy: A note on hypothetical vs. incentivized social preferences

We conducted an experimental study on social preferences using dictator games similar to Fehr et al. (2008). Our results show that social preferences differ between subjects who receive low-stakes monetary rewards for their decisions and subjects who consider hypothetical stakes. Our findings indica...

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Main Authors: Christoph Bühren, Thorben C. Kundt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2015-03-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1930297500003946/type/journal_article