Carlos and Darla are representative individuals 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 by behavioral economists,about a third of the time we 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.

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Final Answer : A, Explanation :  Although there is variability in the outcomes of dictator games, previous experiments have shown that a significant minority of dictators keep all of the money for themselves. Therefore, given that Carlos is a representative individual, it is most likely that he will choose to keep all of the $20 for himself.

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