Giving behavior of millionaires

This paper studies conditions influencing the generosity of wealthy people. We conduct incentivized experiments with individuals who have at least €1 million in their bank account. The results show that millionaires are more generous toward low-income individuals in a giving situation when the other...

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Published in:	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 112; no. 34; pp. 10641 - 10644
Main Authors:	Smeets, Paul, Bauer, Rob, Gneezy, Uri
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 25.08.2015
Subjects:	Age Factors Aged Altruism Attitude Decision Making Female Games, Experimental Humans Income Male Middle Aged Motivation Netherlands Poverty Random Allocation Social Class Netherlands experimental economics donations philanthropy ultimatum game dictator game
ISSN:	1091-6490
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