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Favouring Friends


Pablo Brañas‐Garza


affiliation not provided to SSRN

Miguel A. Durán


affiliation not provided to SSRN

María Paz Espinosa


affiliation not provided to SSRN
April 2012

Bulletin of Economic Research, Vol. 64, Issue 2, pp. 172-178, 2012

Abstract:     
This paper focuses on the friendship effect on donations in a dictator game. Our results indicate that the taste for altruism is substantially increased when friends play the role of recipients. Controlling for reciprocity there is still a significant friendship effect on donations.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 7

Keywords: altruism, dictator game, fairness, friendship effect

JEL Classification: C99, D63, D64

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Date posted: April 4, 2012  

Suggested Citation

Brañas‐Garza, Pablo, Durán, Miguel A. and Espinosa, María Paz, Favouring Friends (April 2012). Bulletin of Economic Research, Vol. 64, Issue 2, pp. 172-178, 2012. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2034080 or http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8586.2010.00357.x

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Pablo Brañas‐Garza (Contact Author)
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Miguel A. Durán
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María Paz Espinosa
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