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Project

Dispositional greed: scale development and an empirical investigation of causes and consequences
Acronym
Dispositionele hebzucht
Code
01D05911
Duration
01 October 2011 → 30 September 2015
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Applied psychology
    • Applied economics
    • Economic history
    • Macroeconomics and monetary economics
    • Marketing
    • Microeconomics
    • Tourism
Keywords
scale development dispositional greed envy behavioral effects state versus trait
 
Project description

Much research exists on situational triggers of greedy behavior. However, virtually nothing is known about the causes and consequences of dispositional or personality differences in greed. This project investigates individual greed and its effect on behavior and judgments, through the development of a scale to measure dispositional greed and through experimental research using economic game theory to differentiate it from envy.