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The opportunity to voice one's opinion about a decision is a fundamental aspect of procedural fairness and applies to a …
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We study experimentally whether and to what extent impartial decision makers are influenced by stakeholders’ fairness … opinions in an allocation decision. The setting allows for different focal fairness rules to be considered. We compare … the driving force behind this result: impartial decision makers deviate from their initial fairness judgment and follow …
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and across gender. Our results show that when children and teenagers grow older, inequality aversion becomes a gradually …
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and across gender. Our results show that when children and teenagers grow older, inequality aversion becomes a gradually …
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and across gender. Our results show that when children and teenagers grow older, inequality aversion becomes a gradually …
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Depending on the context at hand, people's preference for receiving feedback might differ. Especially in allocation decisions that directly concern another individual, feedback from the affected person can have positive or negative value. We study such preferences in a laboratory experiment by...
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In terms of role assignment and informational characteristics, different contexts have been used when measuring distributional preferences. This could be problematic as contextual variance may inadvertently muddle the measurement process. We use a within-subjects design and systemically vary...
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We study how participation in decision processes shapes people's behavior towards impartial authorities. In an incentivized laboratory experiment, an impartial decision maker at first decides about the allocation of money between two subordinates. Treatments differ in the opportunity for one...
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Using controlled experiments, we examine how individuals make choices when faced with multiple options. Choice tasks … are designed to mimic the selection of health insurance, prescription drug, or retirement savings plans. In our experiment …
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Several recent behavioral models of choice build on the idea that decision makers put more weight on attributes in which the available options differ more. We test this assumption in a controlled experiment where such biases will generate choice inconsistencies. As hypothesized, we find that...
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