Carlos and Darla are playing the dictator game. Carlos is assigned the role of dictator and given $20 to split between the two of them. Based on previous experiments with this game, if Carlos is a typical player, behavioral economists would expect:

A. Carlos to keep all of the money for himself.
B. Carlos to give all of the money to Darla.
C. Carlos to split the money evenly with Darla.
D. Carlos to split the money, keeping a little more than half for himself.


Answer: D

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