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The effect of voice on indirect reciprocity: Results from the lab

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  • Li, Jingping
  • Cheo, Roland
  • Xiao, Erte

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We use a three-person two-stage dictator game to test for the effect of voice on indirect reciprocity. We find that the amount received in a dictator game influences the subsequent giving to unrelated parties. When recipient-turned-dictators had the opportunity to leave messages to their first-stage dictators, their giving to subsequent recipients increased significantly.

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  • Li, Jingping & Cheo, Roland & Xiao, Erte, 2020. "The effect of voice on indirect reciprocity: Results from the lab," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 189(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:189:y:2020:i:c:s0165176520300288
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2020.108988
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    Keywords

    Indirect reciprocity; Voice; Dictator game; Third-party; Lab experiment;
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    JEL classification:

    • C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
    • D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
    • D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers

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