On the redistribution of wealth in a developing country: Experimental evidence on stake and framing effects

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 118, Issue , 2015, Pages 360-371

  Leibbrandt, Andreas ^a   Maitra, Pushkar ^a   Neelim, Ananta ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Altruism; Artefactual field experiment; Dictator game; Framing; Redistribution; Stake

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942550547     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2015.02.015     Document Type: Article

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