theories of fairness and reciprocity capture these forces. We find that cooperators’ punishment is almost exclusively targeted … between different fairness principles. Fairness theories that are based on the assumption that players compare their own … the defectors. Fairness theories assuming that players aim to minimize payoff inequalities cannot explain the fact that …

Economists have traditionally treated preferences as exogenously given. Preferences are assumed to be influenced by …

We review the survey and experimental findings in the literature on attitudes to income inequality. We interpret the … attitudes towards the income distribution in a society: the normative and the comparative view. The first can be thought of as …-interest, as individual's inequality attitudes depend not only on how much income they receive but also on how much they receive …

the fairness and unfairness of allocations in three different scenarios (a Dictator game, an Ultimatum game, and a Trust … same session we elicit again their principles regarding the fairness and unfairness of allocations in the same three … norm in its favor and the weak side agrees: Stated fairness is a compromise with power. Second, in most situations …