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Guilt, Inequity, and Gender in a Dictator Game

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  • Pierpaolo Battigalli
  • Giovanni Di Bartolomeo
  • Stefano Papa

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This research investigates the motivations in sharing decisions in a dictator game, trying to distinguish the role of guilt aversion from other social preferences, such as altruism and inequity aversion. Using an experimental design that incorporates exogenous variations in beliefs and endowments, we manipulate probabilities to generate scenarios with varying expected sharing costs. This approach allows for an in-depth examination of how sharing behaviors correlate with second-order beliefs across different cost conditions. Focusing on the guilt and inequity aversion channels, the study also explores how gender in‡fluences behavior.

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  • Pierpaolo Battigalli & Giovanni Di Bartolomeo & Stefano Papa, 2024. "Guilt, Inequity, and Gender in a Dictator Game," Working Papers in Public Economics 248, University of Rome La Sapienza, Department of Economics and Law.
    • Handle: RePEc:sap:wpaper:wp248
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    Keywords

    expectations; guilt aversion; inequity aversion; opportunity costs; gender differences;
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    JEL classification:

    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • 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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