Replication data for: Dictating the Risk: Experimental Evidence on Giving in Risky Environments

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Project Citation:

Brock, J. Michelle, Lange, Andreas, and Ozbay, Erkut Y. Replication data for: Dictating the Risk: Experimental Evidence on Giving in Risky Environments. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2013. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112594V1

Project Description

Summary: We study if and how social preferences extend to risky environments. We provide experimental evidence from different versions of dictator games with risky outcomes and establish that preferences that are exclusively based on ex post or on ex ante comparisons cannot generate the observed behavioral patterns. The more money decision-makers transfer in the standard dictator game, the more likely they are to equalize payoff chances under risk. Risk to the recipient does, however, generally decrease the transferred amount. Ultimately, a utility function with a combination of ex post and ex ante fairness concerns may best describe behavior. (JEL C72, D63, D64, D81)

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      C72 Noncooperative Games
      D63 Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
      D64 Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
      D81 Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty

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