Carlos and Darla Are Playing the Dictator Game

question 99

Multiple Choice

Carlos and Darla are playing the dictator game. Carlos is assigned the role of dictator and given $20 to split between the two of them. Based on previous experiments with this game, if Carlos is a typical player, behavioral economists would expect

• A)Carlos to keep all of the money for himself.
• B)Carlos to give all of the money to Darla.
• C)Carlos to split the money evenly with Darla.
• D)Carlos to split the money, keeping a little more than half for himself.

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