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The generosity effect: Fairness in sharing gains and losses
Baquero, Guillermo; Smit, Willem; Wathieu, Luc - 2013
We explore the interaction between fairness attitudes and reference dependence both theoretically and experimentally …. Our theory of fairness behavior under reference-dependent preferences in the context of ultimatum games, defines fairness …
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The generosity effect : fairness in sharing gains and losses
Baquero, Guillermo; Smit, Willem; Wathieu, Luc - 2013
We explore the interaction between fairness attitudes and reference dependence both theoretically and experimentally …. Our theory of fairness behavior under reference-dependent preferences in the context of ultimatum games, defines fairness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010190129
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Gender effects, culture and social influence in the dictator game : an Italian study
O'Higgins, Shane Niall; Palomba, Arturo; Sbriglia, Patrizia - 2015
There is little consensus on whether women are more generous than men; some research results indicate a higher propensity towards giving of female dictators, whilst others suggest the opposite. Two explanations have been put forward. According to the first one, women are more generous than men...
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Reciprocity under moral wiggle room : is it a preference or a constraint?
Regner, Tobias - 2016
We analyze reciprocal behavior when moral wiggle room exists. Dana et al. (2007) show that giving in a dictator game is only partly due to distributional preferences as the giving rate drops when situational excuses for selfish behavior are provided. Our binary trust game closely follows their...
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Giving in the face of risk
Cettolin, Elena; Riedl, Arno; Tran, Giang - 2016
correlated with giving in the absence of risk. We find limited support for existing models of ex-post and ex-ante fairness. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011565561
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What makes a price fair? : an experimental study of transaction experience and endogenous fairnesss views
Herz, Holger; Taubinsky, Dmitry - 2016
People's fairness preferences are an important constraint for what constitutes an acceptable economic transaction, yet … arising from previous transactions play an important role in shaping perceptions of fairness. Buyers used to high market … two classes of models of path-dependent fairness preferences - either based on endogenous fairness reference points or …
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Incomplete information about social preferences explains equal division and delay in bargaining
Kohler, Stefan - In: Games 3 (2012) 3, pp. 119-137
Two deviations of alternating-offer bargaining behavior from economic theory are observed together, yet have been studied separately. Players who could secure themselves a large surplus share if bargainers were purely self-interested incompletely exploit their advantage. Delay in agreement...
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Racial differences in inequality aversion : evidence from real world respondents in the ultimatum game
Griffin, John David; Nickerson, David W.; Wozniak, … - 2011
groups perceive a particular exchange as fair. We investigate racial differences in fairness standards using preferences for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009233933
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What Makes a Price Fair? An Experimental Study of Transaction Experience and Endogenous Fairness Views
Herz, Holger - 2016
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012987400
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Strategic Self-Interest Can Explain Seemingly 'Fair' Offers in the Ultimatum Game
Wells, Jordan; Rand, David G. - 2013
prosocial motivations related to fairness are completely removed. In our experiment, the only reason to make a non-zero offer is …
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