‘Hiding behind a small cake’ in a newspaper dictator game

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Year: 2012
Volume: 82
Issue: 1
Pages: 82-85

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We conduct an Internet dictator game experiment in collaboration with the popular German Sunday paper “Welt am Sonntag”, employing a wider and more representative subject pool than standard laboratory experiments. Recipients either knew or did not know the size of the cake distributed by the dictator. We find that, in case of incomplete information, some dictators ‘hide behind the small cake’, supporting the notion that some agents’ second-order beliefs directly enter the social utility function.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:jeborg:v:82:y:2012:i:1:p:82-85
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-26