Skip to main content
. 2015 May 28;9:140. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00140

Table 1.

Dictator and Guessing games.

Dictator games
(1) Equality vs. Self-regard (2) Efficiency vs. Self-regard
A B C D E F
Person 1 8 11 12 20.5 12 7.5
Person 2 (dictator) 8 8.5 9 6.5 7 7.5
Person 3 8 4.5 3 5 5 5
Total payoffs 24 24 24 32 24 20
Predictions:
Self-regard x x
Efficiency x x x x
Inequality aversion x x
Maximin x x x x
Experimental choices (N = 195)
N of participants 94 27 74 100 32 63
Percentage 48.2 13.8 37.9 51.3 16.4 32.3
Guessing game (min 0, max 100)
Predictions: 0 = Nash equilibrium
Experimental choices (N = 195)
Mean guess 42.7 39.0 39.7 39.6 44.6 41.6
Median guess 38.0 36.0 37.5 35.5 41.6 42.0