Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/121311 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
MAGKS Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics No. 30-2015
Publisher: 
Philipps-University Marburg, School of Business and Economics, Marburg
Abstract: 
We examine the effects of money priming and solidarity on individual behavior in three simple experiments: dictator game, ultimatum game, and prisoner's dilemma. Our study comprises two money treatments and two neutral (control) treatments. Additionally, we control for the strength of social ties between experimental participants. Although our priming procedure is sufficient to remind people of the concept of money, it is not sufficient to induce systematically different behavior of the treatment groups compared to the control groups. Moreover, we do not find any significant differences between groups with strong vs. weak social ties. Since our findings contradict previous research, it calls for further investigation on the topic of how money priming influences economic behavior.
Subjects: 
money priming
bargaining
dilemma
social behavior
natural groups
economic experiment
JEL: 
C78
C9
D36
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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