Article history: Received 17 April 2011 Received in revised form 20 November 2012 Accepted 23 April 2013 Available online xxxx

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Q3 Article history: Accepted 5 September 2012 Available online xxxx

Article history: Received 7 June 2011 Available online 23 April 2012 Communicated by Leonard L. Scott, Jr.

Self-signaling models predict less selfish behavior in a probabilistic giving setting as individuals are expected to invest pro-social identity. However, there is also substantial evidence that people tend exploit situational excuses for choices (for instance, uncertainty) and behave more selfishly. We contrast these two motivations (identity management self-deception) experimentally order test...

Article history: Received 23 August 2012 Available online xxxx Communicated by Luchezar L. Avramov MSC: 16G50 13B02 16E65

Article history: Received 24 March 2012 Received in revised form 12 October 2013 Accepted 23 October 2013 Available online xxxx