Engelmann and Strobel (AER 2004) question the relevance of inequity aversion in simple dictator game experiments … of the E&S experiments were undergraduate students of economics and business administration who self-selected into their …

Newborn health is an important component in the chain of intergenerational transmission of disadvantage. This paper … contributes to the literature on the determinants of health at birth in two ways. First, we analyze the role of maternal …

party. Examples include business gifts of firms and lobbyists. In a series of experiments, we show that, even without …

refutes the self-interest hypothesis, suggesting that concerns for altruism, fairness, and reciprocity strongly motivate many … the nature of preferences and the relative performance of competing fairness theories. The purpose of this chapter is to … norm violators. We further illustrate the powerful impact of fairness concerns on cooperation, competition, incentives, and …

, inducing them to resist entering into employment contracts. This resistance to employment contracts vanishes if fairness …

-interest theory but is consistent with theories of fairness. …

systematically refutes the self-interest hypothesis and suggests that many people are strongly motivated by concerns for fairness and … insights into the nature of preferences and into the relative performance of competing theories of fairness. The purpose of …