Revisiting kin and ethnic favoritism in the bribery experiment

IF 1.8 4区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Economics Letters Pub Date : 2025-08-30 DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2025.112569

Mahsa Akbari , Duman Bahrami-Rad , Erik O. Kimbrough

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Abstract

We report a conceptual replication of Akbari et al. (2020), who study the impact of co-ethnicity and kinship on behavior in an experimental “bribery game”. In the game, player A can offer a bribe to B, who can help A by inefficiently transferring resources from passive third-party C. We replicate the finding that by varying the relatedness of A, B and C, we can substantially modulate the willingness of A to offer the bribe and the willingness of B to reciprocate the bribe by harming C. The findings are consistent with theories of kin altruism and ethnic favoritism.

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重新审视贿赂实验中的亲属和种族偏袒

我们报告了Akbari等人（2020）的概念复制，他们研究了共同种族和亲属关系对实验性“贿赂游戏”行为的影响。在博弈中，参与者A可以向B行贿，而B可以通过低效地转移被动第三方C的资源来帮助A。我们复制了通过改变A、B和C的关系，我们可以实质性地调节A提供贿赂的意愿和B通过伤害C来回报贿赂的意愿。研究结果与亲属利他主义和种族偏袒理论一致。

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Economics Letters ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

3.20

自引率

5.00%

发文量

348

审稿时长

30 days

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