If I Were a Rich Man:

There have been numerous studies that have used the dictator game and the trust game in order to measure the altruism and trust of individuals under various circumstances. This thesis examines whether rich people exhibit different levels of altruism and trust compared to their non-rich counterparts. It also examines whether there are different levels of altruism and trust between those who became rich because of their skills and those who did because of luck. Two experimental designs are introduced: the ideal experiment which requires a significant amount of resources and is described on a theoretical level and the real experiment which tries to replicate the ideal experiment with much fewer resources. In the real experiment which was conducted, we find no significant differences among rich and non-rich individuals regarding their exhibited altruism and trust.