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the prize structure affects the intensity, fair-ness, and dynamic behavior in sequential round-robin tournaments with three …
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the prize structure affects the intensity, fair-ness, and dynamic behavior in sequential round-robin tournaments with three …
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This study investigates the effects of unfair enforcement of institutional rules on public good contributions, personal and social norms, and trust. In a preregistered online experiment (n = 1,038), we find that biased institutions reduce rule compliance compared to fair institutions. However,...
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favoritism, merit-based fairness ideals, and self-favoring behavior in dictator games. We then show that these patterns also …
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This paper presents a formal theory of reciprocity. Reciprocity means that people reward kind actions and punish unkind ones. The theory takes into account that people evaluate the kindness of an action not only by its consequences but also by the intention underlying this action. The theory...
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In this paper we show that a simple model of fairness preferences explains major experimental regularities of common …
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We examine how people redistribute income when there is uncertainty about the role luck plays in determining opportunities and outcomes. We elicit redistribution decisions from a U.S.-representative sample who observe worker outcomes and whether luck magnified workers' effort ("lucky...
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when such conditional fair-ness preferences are measured using the “inequality acceptance” method. Depending on the default … identify distributional preferences and default effects, and discuss best practices for measuring fairness preferences. …
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We examine the effects of endogenous sequences on the fairness in round-robin tournaments with four players, multiple … show that there is no sequence which implies perfect fairness. By contrast, some endogenous sequences imply horizontal ex …-ante fairness irrespective of the prize structure. In winner-take-all tournaments, additional endogenous sequences are horizontally …
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We examine the fairness and intensity of sequential round-robin tournaments with multiple prizes. With three symmetric …
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