Title
Raising the Stakes in the Ultimatum Game: Experimental Evidence From Indonesia
Author(s)
Lisa Cameron Lisa Cameron (Princeton University)
Abstract
Implementing the ultimatum game experimentally in Indonesia makes it possible to raise the stakes to three times the monthly expenditure of the average participant. Contrary to predictions in the literature, the results show no evidence of approaching the sub-game perfect, selfish outcomes. Responders seem to be just as willing to reject a given percentage offer at high stakes as at low stakes, and Proposers make slightly less selfish offers as the stakes increase.
Creation Date
1995-07
Section URL ID
IRS
Paper Number
345
URL
https://dataspace.princeton.edu/bitstream/88435/dsp01ww72bb50n/1/345.pdf
File Function
Jel
B2
Keyword(s)
experimental economics, ultimatum game, large stakes
Suppress
false
Series
1