Social Image and the 50-50 Norm: A Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Audience Effects

A norm of 50-50 division appears to have considerable force in a wide range of economic environments, both in the real world and in the laboratory. Even in settings where one party unilaterally determines the allocation of a prize (the dictator game), many subjects voluntarily cede exactly half to a...

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Published in:	Econometrica Vol. 77; no. 5; pp. 1607 - 1636
Main Authors:	Andreoni, James, Bernheim, B. Douglas
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2009 Econometric Society Wiley-Blackwell
Subjects:	Altruism Applications audience effects Biology, psychology, social sciences dictator game Dictators Economic theory Exact sciences and technology Experiments Explanation Fairness Fractions Game theory Games Hypotheses Inference Insurance, economics, finance Laboratories Mathematical functions Mathematics Observed choices Probability and statistics Probability theory and stochastic processes Property Sciences and techniques of general use Self image signaling Signalling Social image Social relations Special processes (renewal theory, markov renewal processes, semi-markov processes, statistical mechanics type models, applications) Statistics Studies Test theory Unilateralism Validity audience effects signaling Social image Economic sciences Care Dictator game Statistical method Hypothesis test Theoretical model altruism Environment Economic aspect Econometrics
ISSN:	0012-9682, 1468-0262
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