Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers
Creation-Date: 2006-11-01
Number: 06-099/1
Author-Name: Wolfgang J. Luhan
Author-Email: wolfgang.luhan@uibk.ac.at
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Innsbruck
Author-Name: Martin G. Kocher
Author-Email: m.kocher@uva.nl
Author-Workplace-Name: Universiteit van Amsterdam
Author-Name: Matthias Sutter
Author-Email: m.sutter@uni-koeln.de
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Cologne
Title: Group Polarization in the Team Dictator Game reconsidered
Abstract: While most papers_new on team decision-making find teams to behave more selfish, less trusting and less altruistic than individuals, Cason and Mui (1997) report that teams are more altruistic than individuals in a dictator game. Using a within-subjects design we re-examine group polarization by letting subjects make individual as well as team decisions in an experimental dictator game. In our experiment teams are more selfish than individuals, and the most selfish team member has the strongest influence on team decisions. Various sources of the different findings in Cason and Mui (1997) and in our paper are discussed.
Classification-JEL: C72; C91; C92; D70
Keywords: experiment; dictator game; team behavior; social preferences
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Handle: RePEc:tin:wpaper:20060099