You Cannot Judge a Book by Its Cover: Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment on Recognizing Generosity from Facial Information
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Keywords
Experiment; Dictator Game; Social Preference; Other-regarding Preferences; Generosity; Appearance.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2020-12-21 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2020-12-21 (Experimental Economics)
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