In this paper we show that a simple model of fairness preferences explains major experimental regularities of common …

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 …

We show that concerns for fairness may have dramatic consequences for the optimal provision of incentives in a moral … concerned about fairness. Conversely, contracts that are doomed to fail when there are only selfish actors provide powerful …

We show experimentally that fairness concerns may have a decisive impact on both the actual and the optimal choice of … inferior when some agents value fairness. Conversely, implicit bonus contracts that are doomed to fail among purely selfish … recently developed theories of fairness, which also offer interesting new insights into the interaction of contract choices …

inform the debate on the fairness of market outcomes by showing that the use of a competitive procedure can, by itself …

correlated with giving in the absence of risk. We find limited support for existing models of ex-post and ex-ante fairness. Our …

the prize structure affects the intensity, fair-ness, and dynamic behavior in sequential round-robin tournaments with three …