Dictator Game

In social psychology and economics, the dictator game is a popular experimental instrument derived from 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, who has no ability to reject the offer. Although the dictator holds complete power over the outcome, experiments consistently find that most dictators still choose to give some money away, suggesting that fairness and social norms shape economic decisions rather than pure self interest alone.