Table 2.

Allocators’ expected net Reward for each possible allocation choice

	Dependent variable: net Reward
	(1) Equal conditions	(2) Unequal conditions
Give to A/B	− 0.30
	(0.24)
Give to poor		0.90***
		(0.22)
Give to rich		0.25
		(0.27)
Constant	0.51***	−0.21
	(0.16)	(0.14)
Mean of dep. variable	0.32	0.17
Give to A/B + constant	0.22***
(s.e.)	(0.08)
Give to poor + constant		0.69***
(s.e.)		(0.14)
Give to rich + constant		0.04
(s.e.)		(0.17)
F stat: give to poor = give to rich		5.67
p value		0.02**
Observations	840	1680

Allocators’ expected net Reward or each possible allocation choice. The constant term captures allocators’ net Reward for randomization. Regressions control for individual level fixed effects; standard errors are heteroskedasticity-robust and clustered at the group level. In column (1) the linear combination of β₁ and β₀ captures allocators’ expected net Reward for direct allocation to either Recipient A or Recipient B in the equal endowment conditions. In column (2) the linear combination of β₁ and β₀ captures allocators’ expected net Reward for direct allocation to the relatively poorer recipient in the unequal endowment conditions, and the linear combination of β₂ and β₀ captures allocators’ expected net Reward for direct allocation to the relatively richer recipient in the unequal endowment conditions. The F statistics and corresponding p values for a Wald test of coefficient equality between β₁ and β₂ in the unequal endowment conditions are also reported in the lower panel of the table.

^*Significant at the 10% confidence level,

^**significant at the 5% confidence level,

^***significant at the 1% confidence level