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Giving and sorting among friends: evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment

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Binzel, Christine
Fehr, Dietmar

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Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH

Abstract

Among residents of an informal housing area in Cairo, we examine how dictator giving varies by the social distance between subjects -friend versus stranger- and by the anonymity of the dictator. While giving to strangers is high under anonymity, we find -consistent with Leider et al. (2009)- that (i... view more

Among residents of an informal housing area in Cairo, we examine how dictator giving varies by the social distance between subjects -friend versus stranger- and by the anonymity of the dictator. While giving to strangers is high under anonymity, we find -consistent with Leider et al. (2009)- that (i) a decrease in social distance increases giving, (ii) giving to a stranger and to a friend is positively correlated, and (iii) more altruistic dictators increase their giving less under non-anonymity than less altruistic dictators. However, friends are not alike in their altruistic preferences, suggesting that an individual's intrinsic preferences may not necessarily be shaped by his (or her) peers. Instead, reciprocal motives seem important, indicating that social relationships may be valued differently when individuals are financially dependent on them. (author's abstract)... view less

Keywords
Egypt; social distance; dictatorship; social network; anonymity; social relations

Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories

Document language
English

Publication Year
2013

City
Berlin

Page/Pages
8 p.

Series
Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Forschungsschwerpunkt Markt und Entscheidung, Abteilung Verhalten auf Märkten, SP II 2013-207

Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/82629

Status
Published Version; reviewed

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Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications


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