Accepting Zero in the Ultimatum Game Does Not Reflect Selfish Preferences
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- Staffiero, Gianandrea & Exadaktylos, Filippos & Espín, Antonio M., 2013. "Accepting zero in the ultimatum game does not reflect selfish preferences," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 121(2), pages 236-238.
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Keywords
ultimatum game; dictator game; altruism; social welfare; costly punishment; selfishness; social preferences;All these keywords.
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- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
- C70 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2013-06-09 (Cognitive & Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EVO-2013-06-09 (Evolutionary Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2013-06-09 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-GTH-2013-06-09 (Game Theory)
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