"Si él lo necesita": Gypsy fairness in Vallecas

"Si él lo necesita" (if he really needs it) was the most common argument given by the subjects who accepted the zero offer in the ultimatum game during experiments were conducted among illiterate (adult) gypsies in Vallecas, Madrid. Interestingly the acceptance of the zero offer was not a rare case but, in contrast, it was the modal value. This is even more remarkable if we consider that the 97% of the subjects proposed the equal split.

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Year of publication:	2005-01-11
Authors:	Brañas-Garza, Pablo ; Cobo-Reyes, Ramón ; Domínguez, Almudena
Institutions:	Departamento de Teoría e Historia Económica, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales
Subject:	Gypsies \| fairness \| social welfare \| strategy method ultimatum game \| bargaining

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	ThE Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number 05/02 24 pages
Classification:	D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement ; D64 - Altruism ; C93 - Field Experiments ; J15 - Economics of Minorities and Races
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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