Role Switching in Multiple Round Dictator Game Experiments

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  • Timothy J. Classen
چکیده

Two types of Dictator Game experiments involving repetition of play, role switching and outside options are studied. When players switch roles during the game, a significantly larger portion of the available surplus is claimed by Dictators and results conform more closely to predictions of self-interested subgame perfection than in previous Dictator Game studies. Outside options are frequently rejected and found not to have consistent significant effects on Dictator play following entry.

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تاریخ انتشار 2005