@article{2c40689d2bf84cdc82da5fb146c5990e,
title = "Social preferences and self-control",
abstract = "We provide new evidence on the impact of diminished self-control on social preferences in the ultimatum game. In a sample of German university students (N=312), depleted proposers made lower offers, and depleted responders rejected unfair offers as often as non-depleted ones. This agrees with previous evidence on the Dictator Game but stands in contrast with a previous study with a sample of Spanish university students. A possible explanation is that selfish motives are the default mode of behavior, but there is individual heterogeneity on whether strategic fairness (fear of rejection) can overcome them.",
keywords = "Ego depletion, Self-control, Social preferences, Ultimatum Game",
author = "Anja Achtziger and Carlos Al{\'o}s-Ferrer and Wagner, {Alexander K.}",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Roy Baumeister, Eliran Halali, Kathleen Vohs, two anonymous referees, and participants at the Cologne Social Cognition Meeting 2016 on Self-Regulation and Self-Control for helpful comments and suggestions. The authors acknowledge financial support from the Research Initiative “Center for Psychoeconomics” at the University of Konstanz, funded within the German “Exzellenzinitiative”. Wagner also gratefully acknowledges financial support from the German Research Foundation ( DFG ) through research fellowship WA3559/1-1 . Funding Information: We thank Roy Baumeister, Eliran Halali, Kathleen Vohs, two anonymous referees, and participants at the Cologne Social Cognition Meeting 2016 on Self-Regulation and Self-Control for helpful comments and suggestions. The authors acknowledge financial support from the Research Initiative “Center for Psychoeconomics” at the University of Konstanz, funded within the German “Exzellenzinitiative”. Wagner also gratefully acknowledges financial support from the German Research Foundation (DFG) through research fellowship WA3559/1-1. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 Elsevier Inc.",
year = "2018",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1016/j.socec.2018.04.009",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "74",
pages = "161--166",
journal = "Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics ",
issn = "2214-8043",
publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",
}