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Parties in a bargaining situation may perceive guilt, a utility loss caused by receiving the larger share that is … modeled in some social preferences. I extend Rubinstein (1982)´s solution of the open-ended alternating-offer bargaining … bargaining parties still reach agreement in the first period. If guilt is strong, they split the bargaining surplus equally. In …
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growing importance on how fairness affects behavior, and this experiment provides a useful, fun, and engaging way in which a … different subjective weights on concerns for fairness versus money. Second, theories that incorporate concerns for fairness into … purchase fairness (or equality) individuals purchase more of it. The classroom results can motivate discussion of a downward …
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systematically refutes the self-interest hypothesis and suggests that many people are strongly motivated by concerns for fairness and … insights into the nature of preferences and into the relative performance of competing theories of fairness. The purpose of …
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We show that concerns for fairness may have dramatic consequences for the optimal provision of incentives in a moral … concerned about fairness. Conversely, contracts that are doomed to fail when there are only selfish actors provide powerful …
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This paper presents a formal theory of reciprocity. Reciprocity means that people reward kind actions and punish unkind ones. The theory takes into account that people evaluate the kindness of an action not only by its consequences but also by the intention underlying this action. The theory...
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In this paper we show that a simple model of fairness preferences explains major experimental regularities of common …
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Experimentally observed deviations of behavior from game theoretic predictions suggest that fairness does influence … decision making. Fairness in the sense of equality has become an essential element of economic models aiming at explaining … only fairness norm to be taken into account. More equity norms than equality exist, including inequality of payoffs. Since …
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We show experimentally that fairness concerns may have a decisive impact on both the actual and the optimal choice of … inferior when some agents value fairness. Conversely, implicit bonus contracts that are doomed to fail among purely selfish … recently developed theories of fairness, which also offer interesting new insights into the interaction of contract choices …
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' perceptions of fairness and trust are also key drivers of their work effort. Treating employees with respect is not only ethically …
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refutes the self-interest hypothesis, suggesting that concerns for altruism, fairness, and reciprocity strongly motivate many … the nature of preferences and the relative performance of competing fairness theories. The purpose of this chapter is to … norm violators. We further illustrate the powerful impact of fairness concerns on cooperation, competition, incentives, and …
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