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 …

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 …