Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/46563 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 3287
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We explore network effects on generosity for different network dimensions. To this end we elicit multiple network dimensions (friendship, social support, economic exchange, etc.) in a rural village in the Southern hemisphere and measure generosity with a sequence of dictator games conducted in the field. We find that networks of different dimensions differ substantially in density, clustering, and centrality. When relating generosity to networks we observe that social distance only matters for friendship ties but that structural network variables are important in all network dimensions. Importantly, these effects are not invariant across different network dimensions. We also find that individual characteristics are unrelated with generosity per se but that they have strong explanatory power for network formation.
Subjects: 
networks
generosity
network formation
experiments
JEL: 
C72
C90
D64
L14
Z13
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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