One Believes That Others Think Effort Should Be Rewarded: Experimental Evidence in Dictator Games∗
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This paper investigates what kind of belief the recipients have when they can make effort in the experimental dictator game. The experimental result indicates that the recipients have the belief that others think effort should be rewarded. Furthermore, when the dictators act differently from the belief, the recipients change the belief and relax their effort.
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