People's fairness preferences are an important constraint for what constitutes an acceptable economic transaction, yet … play an important role in shaping perceptions of fairness. Buyers used to high market prices, for example, are more likely …-dependent fairness preferences—either based on endogenous fairness reference points or based on shifts in salience—that can account for …

for instrumental purposes. We then present an experiment that tests these ideas in the laboratory and finds support for …

We present a dictator game experiment where the recipients are local charities that serve the poor. Donors consist of … respondents an audiovisual presentation about the recipients. The experiment yields three main findings. First, we find …

In settings with uncertainty, tension exists between ex ante and ex post notions of fairness (e.g., equal opportunity … versus equal outcomes). In a laboratory experiment, the most common behavioral pattern is for subjects to select the ex ante … explanations by examining contingent planning and the demand for commitment. While the population appears to be heterogeneous, our …

We conduct a lab-in-the-field experiment to identify parents' preferences for investing in their children. The … experiment exogenously varied the short-run returns to educational investments to identify how much parents care about maximizing …

groups perceive a particular exchange as fair. We investigate racial differences in fairness standards using preferences for …

arguments may be perceived as being used for different reasons, for example, out of fairness considerations or in order to … facilitate negotiations. Consistent with experimental and behavioral studies on fairness perceptions, we find that individuals …

's perception of product fairness. We discuss implications of our findings for financial planners hoping to help their customers …