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Many experimental studies report that economics students tend to act more selfishly than students of other disciplines, a finding that received widespread public and professional attention. Two main explanations that the existing literature offers for the differences found in the behavior...
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The ultimatum game models social exchange in situations in which the rational motive to maximize gains conflicts with fairness considerations. Using two independent behavioral measurements, the authors tested two contradicting predictions: that the preference for fairness is a deliberative...
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given problem is framed. Thus, real world agents are only, it is said, capable of a bounded rationality, using rules of … thumb and various heuristics (sometimes helpful, sometimes not) rather than the fully fledged maximizing rationality that is … normative account of rationality that animates rational choice theory, and not just the positive account that is criticized by …
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Using an economic bargaining game, we tested for the existence of two phenomena related to social norms, namely norm manipulation – the selection of an interpretation of the norm that best suits an individual – and norm evasion – the deliberate, private violation of a social norm. We found...
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