Altruism and social integration

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Branas-Garza, P., Cobo-Reyes, R., Espinosa, M., Jimenez Jimenez, N., Kovářík, J. and Ponti, G. 2010. Altruism and social integration. Games and Economic Behavior. 69 (10), pp. 249-257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2009.10.014
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TitleAltruism and social integration
AuthorsBranas-Garza, P., Cobo-Reyes, R., Espinosa, M., Jimenez Jimenez, N., Kovářík, J. and Ponti, G.
Abstract

We develop a two-stage experimental protocol by which i) we elicit the social network within a group of undergraduate students and ii) we measure their altruistic attitudes by way of a standard Dictator game. We observe that more socially integrated subjects are also more altruistic, as betweenness centrality and reciprocal degree are positively correlated with the level of giving, even after controlling for the effect of social distance, which has been shown to affect giving. Our findings suggest that social distance and network position are complementary determinants of altruistic behavior.

KeywordsAltruism; centrality; social network experiments
PublisherElsevier
JournalGames and Economic Behavior
ISSN0899-8256
Electronic1090-2473
Publication dates
PrintJul 2010
Online20 Nov 2009
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Deposited13 Mar 2013
Output statusPublished
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2009.10.014
Web of Science identifierWOS:000279306900004
LanguageEnglish
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