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differentiate between fairness that is stimulated by intentional based motives, distributional motives, and fairness considerations …
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fairness’ on the part ofthose subsequently chosen to be dictators. In fact, dictators were significantlymore likely to offer …
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A simple two-person distribution game similar to the ultimatumgame is introduced. However, unlike the standard ultimatumgame, responders can determine the payoff for the proposerin case of rejection. Therefore, they can express their concerns inmonetary quantities. The experimental data are...
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For a rational choice theorist, the absence of crime is more difficult to explain than its presence. Arguably, the expected value of criminal sanctions, i.e. the product of severity times certainty, is often below the expected benefit. We rely on a standard theory from behavioral economics,...
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Evidence from an experiment investigating the “house money effect” in the context of a public goods game is reconsidered. Analysis is performed within the framework of the panel hurdle model, in which subjects are assumed to be one of two types: free-riders, and potential contributors. The...
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In the dictator game, the recipient’s opportunity to send a message to the dictator increases giving. The effect is equally strong if the message is written before or after the dictator has decided (experiment 1). Recipients have a stronger willingness to pay for ex-ante communication, however...
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The existing literature acknowledges that a mismatch between the experimenter'sand the subjects' models of an experimental task can adversely aect the interpretation ofdata from laboratory experiments. We discuss why the two common experimental designs(between-subjects and within-subjects) used...
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We analyze the effects of introducing asymmetric information andexpectations in the investment game (Berg et al., 1995). In our experiment,only the trustee knows the size of the surplus. Subjects’expectations about each other’s behavior are also elicited. Our resultsshow that average payback...
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We study experimentally whether and to what extent impartial decision makers are influenced by stakeholders’ fairness … opinions in an allocation decision. The setting allows for different focal fairness rules to be considered. We compare … the driving force behind this result: impartial decision makers deviate from their initial fairness judgment and follow …
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that such 'fairness spillovers' can incur large economic costs: A belief that there is unfairness in taxation in the sense …
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