Dave, Chetan; Dodds, Stefan; Ball, Sheryl; Croson, Rachel - Department of Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute … - 2011
A foundational paradox in social choice theory is that liberalism (freedom of action) and Pareto efficiency, the standard in evaluating economic outcomes, can conflict with each other (Sen 1970). We capture this tension in a series of sequential Battle of the Sexes game experiments. We find that...