Experiment 2

The procedure and methods used in Experiment 2 followed the same structure as in Experiment 1. The only difference in design between Experiments 1 and 2 concerned the inclusion of third-party dictators to make the allocation decision. Thus, the allocation phase in experiment 2 was conducted with impartial subjects who did not themselves participate in the actual task involving different types of luck. In total, 200⁴ subjects (37% Females; Mean age 22) participated in four sessions that lasted approximately 15 min.

Subjects were randomly assigned to one of four possible roles; Brute Luck Receiver; Option Luck Receiver; Brute Luck Dictator, Option Luck Dictator. Participants with respective roles conducted the experiment in separate rooms. Dictators were randomly paired with a receiver from their respective treatment. Dictators received 50 SEK as a show-up fee and did the same unrelated fill-in task as all other participants in the experiment. Finally, dictators were asked to split 100 SEK between themselves and their randomly assigned partner according to the same strategy method used in Experiment 1.