Replication data for: Conveniently Upset: Avoiding Altruism by Distorting Beliefs about Others' Altruism
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Rafael Di Tella; Ricardo Perez-Truglia; Andres Babino; Mariano Sigman
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Project Citation:
Di Tella, Rafael, Perez-Truglia, Ricardo, Babino, Andres, and Sigman, Mariano. Replication data for: Conveniently Upset: Avoiding Altruism by Distorting Beliefs about Others’ Altruism. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2015. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113016V1
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Summary:
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We present results from a "corruption game" (a dictator game modified so that recipients can take a side payment in exchange for accepting a reduction in the overall size of the pie). Dictators (silently) treated to be able to take more of the recipient's tokens, took more of them. They were also more likely to believe that recipients had accepted side payments, even if there was a prize for accuracy. The results favor the hypothesis that people avoid altruistic actions by distorting beliefs about others' altruism. (JEL C72, D63, D64, D83)
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JEL Classification:
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C72 Noncooperative Games
D63 Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
D64 Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
D83 Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
C72 Noncooperative Games
D63 Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
D64 Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
D83 Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
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