Template-type: ReDif-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Thomsson, K.M.
Author-workplace-name: Macro, International & Labour Economics, RS: GSBE ETBC
Author-Name: Vostroknutov, A.
Title: Small-world conservatives and rigid liberals : attitudes towards sharing in self-proclaimed left and right
Abstract: We experimentally explore the way political preferences shape giving behavior. We find no difference in average giving between the Left and the Right in a Dictator game environment. However, we find the reasons for giving to be different. Right-leaning individuals give according to a norm-dependent utility that takes into account the beliefs of the receiver. The behavior of left-leaning individuals is not shaped by such an interaction between norms and beliefs. We conclude that right-wingers choose in accordance with a "small world" view, where giving is shaped by social interaction, while left-wingers appear rigid in their reaction to social context.
Series: GSBE Research Memoranda
Creation-Date: 20160101
Number: 008
File-URL: https://cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl/ws/files/1426937/guid-10ea9fbf-d48a-4487-848f-a26c3c64dd4a-ASSET1.0.pdf
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File-Size: 636808
Handle: Repec:unm:umagsb:2016008
DOI: 10.26481/umagsb.2016008