Incentivization matters: a meta-perspective on dictator games

Dictator game experiments come in three flavors: plain vanilla with strictly dichotomous separation of dictator and recipient roles, an interactive alternative whereby every subject acts in both roles, and a variant thereof with role uncertainty. We add information regarding which of these three pro...

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Published in:	Journal of the Economic Science Association Vol. 8; no. 1-2; pp. 34 - 44
Main Authors:	Grech, Philip D., Nax, Heinrich H., Soos, Adrian
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York Springer US 01-12-2022 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Behavioral/Experimental Economics Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods Economics Economics and Finance Game Theory Microeconomics Operations Research/Decision Theory Original Paper Social and Behav. Sciences Meta Study Methodology C24 D03 C91 Experiments Dictator game
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Summary:	Dictator game experiments come in three flavors: plain vanilla with strictly dichotomous separation of dictator and recipient roles, an interactive alternative whereby every subject acts in both roles, and a variant thereof with role uncertainty. We add information regarding which of these three protocols was used to data from the leading meta-study by Engel (Exp Econ 14(4):583–610, 2011) and investigate how these variations matter. Our meta-regressions suggest that interactive protocols with role duality compared with standard protocols, in addition to being relevant as a control for other effects, render subjects’ giving less generous but more efficiency-oriented. Our results help organize existing findings in the field and indicate sources of confounds.
ISSN:	2199-6784 2199-6776 2199-6784
DOI:	10.1007/s40881-022-00120-4