Requests and social distance in dictator games

This paper considers a dictator game where, prior to receiving an offer, recipients either do or do not make a request for an amount of the dictator's endowment. Further, participants either interact anonymously or face-to-face. Results indicate that the effect of requests depends on the mode o...

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Published in:Journal of economic behavior & organization 2006-05, Vol.60 (1), p.27-36
Main Author: Rankin, Frederick W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Communication
Dictator game
Economic analysis
Experiment
Experiments
Game theory
Interpersonal communication
Social distance
Social interaction
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Summary:This paper considers a dictator game where, prior to receiving an offer, recipients either do or do not make a request for an amount of the dictator's endowment. Further, participants either interact anonymously or face-to-face. Results indicate that the effect of requests depends on the mode of interaction with the act of making requests increasing offers with anonymous interaction and decreasing offers with face-to-face interaction. Apparently, whether the request increases or crowds out dictator giving is a function of how much the dictator would give in the absence of such communication.
ISSN:0167-2681
1879-1751
DOI:10.1016/j.jebo.2004.08.004