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' concern for fairness, and the tradeoff the disadvantaged player makes between pursuing a fair outcome from a disadvantaged … weak players persist in seeking "fairness" is also a function of how much it (potentially) costs them to do so. Students …-cost bargainers to demand fairness and to persist in their demands was a function of how much it cost them to do so, and the degree to …
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This paper reports an experimental test of individual preferences for giving. We use graphical representations of modified Dictator Games that vary the price of giving. This generates a very rich data set well- suited to studying behavior at the level of the individual subject. We test the data...
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This paper reports the findings of a meta-analysis of 37 papers with 75 results from ultimatum game experiments. We find that on average the proposer offers 40% of the pie to the responder. This share tends is smaller for larger pie sizes and larger when a strategy method is used or when...
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This paper presents the results of an experiment performed to test the properties of an innovative bargaining mechanism …
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experiment reveals that the model can account for some (but not all) of the behavioral regularities. In line with recent …
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lack structural information, which contrasts with common notions of fairness or "manners" in ultimatum bargaining (Camerer …
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The results of Ultimatum Game experiments are often quoted as evidence for the role of fairness in bargaining or in … economic behaviour more generally. This paper argues that the observed fairness levels are contingent on the traditional … experiment shows that average behaviour is more competitive and conflict rates are higher when subjects play against the same …
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We describe a multiproduct barter trading experiment in which students exchange real goods in an open market based on … their own personal preference. The experiment is designed for simulating a pure exchange market in order to demonstrate the …
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People can become less cooperative when threatened with sanctions, and researchers have pointed to both 'intentions' and incentives as sources of this effect. This paper reports data from a novel experimental design aimed at determining the relative importance of intentions and incentives in...
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We present an experimental study on the wasted resources associated with tax evasion. This waste arises from taxpayers and tax authorities investing costly effort in the concealment and detection of tax evasion. We show that these socially inefficient efforts - as well as the frequency of tax...
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