@techreport{19b0e563d52e48918cddf43707a0b5c9,
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.",
author = "K.M. Thomsson and A. Vostroknutov",
year = "2016",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.26481/umagsb.2016008",
language = "English",
series = "GSBE Research Memoranda",
publisher = "Maastricht University, Graduate School of Business and Economics",
number = "008",
address = "Netherlands",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "Maastricht University, Graduate School of Business and Economics",
}