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{{Short description|Experimental tool}} In [[social psychology]] and [[economics]], the '''dictator game''' is a popular experimental instrument <ref>{{Cite journal|author1-last=Guala|author1-first=Francesco |author2-first=Luigi |author2-last=Mittone |date=October 2010|title=Paradigmatic experiments: The Dictator Game|url=http://www-ceel.economia.unitn.it/papers/papero08_07.pdf|journal=The Journal of Socio-Economics|volume=39|issue=5 |pages=578β584|doi=10.1016/j.socec.2009.05.007}}</ref> a derivative of the [[ultimatum game]]. It involves a single decision by the "dictator" player: given an amount of money, how much to keep and how much to send to another player.<ref name="bolton">{{cite journal |last1=Bolton |first1=Gary E. |last2=Katok |first2=Elena |last3=Zwick |first3=Rami |title=Dictator game giving: Rules of fairness versus acts of kindness |journal=International Journal of Game Theory |date=August 1998 |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=269β299 |doi=10.1007/s001820050072|citeseerx=10.1.1.47.229 |s2cid=6044302 }}</ref> Although the "dictator" has the most power, the game has mixed results based on different behavioral attributes.<ref name="Watson">{{Cite book|last=Watson|first=Joel|title=Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory|volume=139|location=New York}}</ref> The results β where most dictators choose to send money β evidence the role of fairness and norms in economic behavior, and undermine the assumption of narrow self-interest when given the opportunity to maximise one's own profits.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Camerer |first1=Colin |last2=Thaler |first2=Richard H |title=Anomalies: Ultimatums, Dictators and Manners |journal=Journal of Economic Perspectives |date=May 1995 |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=209β219 |doi=10.1257/jep.9.2.209 |url=https://authors.library.caltech.edu/22127/1/2138174%5B1%5D.pdf |access-date=2019-02-03 |archive-date=2019-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190314161006/https://authors.library.caltech.edu/22127/1/2138174%5B1%5D.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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