Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/205339 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. TI 2019-049/II
Publisher: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Abstract: 
We study a giver’s generosity depending on her relationship with the recipient and the observer. We assign different group identities to the players using a variation of the minimumgroup paradigm, and test the effect of group memberships on altruistic giving in the dictator game with a passive observer. The results show that the dictator gives the least when she is from a different group than the other two. We further show that dictators give more when there is no observer. This is driven by male subjects who react more to the presence of the observer.
Subjects: 
dictator game
observer
group identity
laboratory experiment
JEL: 
D91
C72
C92
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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