Favouring friends

Branas-Garza, Pablo, Durán, Miguel A. and Espinosa, María Paz (2011) Favouring friends. Bulletin of Economic Research, 64 (2). pp. 172-178. ISSN 0307-3378

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8586.2010.00357.x

Abstract

This paper focuses on the friendship effect on donations in a dictator game. Our results indicate that the taste for altruism is substantially increased when friends play the role of recipients. Controlling for reciprocity there is still a significant friendship effect on donations.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords (uncontrolled):	altruism, dictator game, fairness, friendship effect
Research Areas:	A. > Business School > Economics
Item ID:	10222
Depositing User:	Pablo Branas Garza
Date Deposited:	15 Apr 2013 11:25
Last Modified:	07 Jun 2018 13:44
URI:	https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/id/eprint/10222

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