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Economic inequality may fuel frustration, possibly leading to anger and antisocial behavior. We experimentally study a situation where only the rich can reduce inequality while the poor can express their discontent by destroying the wealth of a rich counterpart with whom they had no previous...
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This paper investigates the driving forces behind informal sanctions in cooperation games and the extent to which theories of fairness and reciprocity capture these forces. We find that cooperators' punishment is almost exclusively targeted towards the defectors but the latter also impose a...
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investigates preferences for affirmative action by combining causal evidence from an experiment on the role of self-serving motives …
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contractual incompleteness. In our experiment, one principal is matched with two agents. The principal pays equal wages in one …
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We compare inequality aversion in individuals and teams by means of both within- and between-subject experimental designs, and we investigate how teams aggregate individual preferences. We find that team decisions reveal less inequality aversion than individual initial proposals in team...
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experiment, we let third parties redistribute resources between two stakeholders who could earn money either by choosing a safe …
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consequences? In a laboratory experiment, we study three different quota rules that favor individuals whose performance is low …
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present a large-scale experiment with 883 children and adolescents, aged eight to seventeen years. Participants make decisions … ; gender ; experiment …
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We show with a laboratory experiment that individuals adjust their moral principles to the situation and to their …
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This paper investigates physiological responses to perceptions of unfair pay. In a simple principal agent experiment … experiment we record agents' heart rate variability. Our findings provide evidence of a link between perceived unfairness and …
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