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That's just : not fair ; gender differences in notions of justice

Becker, Nicole; Häger, Kirsten; Heufer, Jan - 2015

In Becker et al. (2013a,b), we proposed a theory to explain giving behaviour in dictator experiments by a combination of selfishness and a notion of justice. The theory was tested using dictator, social planner, and veil of ignorance experiments. Here we analyse gender differences in preferences...

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Handedness predicts social preferences : evidence connecting the lab to the field

Buser, Thomas - 2010

It is now generally accepted that some people are more altruistic, more trusting, or more reciprocal than others, but it is still unclear whether these differences are innate or a consequence of nurture. We analyse the correlation between handedness and social preferences in the lab and find...

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Group polarization in the team dictator game reconsidered

Luhan, Wolfgang J.; Kocher, Martin; Sutter, Matthias - 2006 - This version: 8 August 2006

dictator game. In our experiment teams are more selfish than individuals, and the most selfish team member has the strongest …

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Social comparison and risky choices

Linde, Jona; Sonnemans, Joep - 2009

decision making in an interpersonal context. The influence of social comparison on risky choices is explored in an experiment …

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Rich meets poor : an international fairness experiment

Cappelen, Alexander W.; Moene, Karl Ove; Sørensen, Erik Ø. - 2008

conducted a real effort fairness experiment where people in two of the world's richest countries, Norway and Germany, interacted … directly with people in Uganda and Tanzania, two of the world's poorest countries. In this experiment, the participants were …. First, entitlement considerations are crucial in explaining the distributive behavior of rich people in the experiment …

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Measuring tastes for equity and aggregate wealth behind the veil of ignorance

Heufer, Jan; Shachat, Jason M.; Xu, Yan - 2018

We propose an instrument to measure individuals' social preferences regarding equity and efficiency behind a veil of ignorance. We pair portfolio and wealth distribution choice problems which have a common budget set. For a given bundle, the distribution over an individual's wealth is the same...

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Hormones and social preferences

Buser, Thomas - 2011

positive impact of oxytocin on giving in the trust and ultimatum games and a positive impact of progesterone on altruism. We …

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Rich meets poor : an international fairness experiment

Cappelen, Alexander W.; Moene, Karl Ove; Sørensen, Erik Ø. - 2008

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Hormones and social preferences

Buser, Thomas - 2011

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Performance and relative incentive pay : the role of social preferences

Hernandez, Pablo; Minor, Dylan; Sisak, Dana - 2013

Under relative performance pay, other-regarding workers internalize the negative externality they impose on other workers. In one form -increased own effort reduces others' payoffs- this results in other-regarding individuals depressing efforts. In another form punishment reduces the payoff of...

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