Let me sleep on it: Delay reduces rejection rates in ultimatum games

被引:86
作者
Grimm, Veronika [2 ]
Mengel, Friederike [1 ]
机构
[1] Maastricht Univ, Dept Econ AE1, POB 616, NL-6200 MD Maastricht, Netherlands
[2] Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, Dept Econ, D-90403 Nurnberg, Germany
关键词
Ultimatum Bargaining; Experiments; ECONOMIC DECISION-MAKING; FAIRNESS;
D O I
10.1016/j.econlet.2011.01.025
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Delaying acceptance decisions in the Ultimatum Game drastically increases acceptance of low offers. While in treatments without delay less than 20% of low offers are accepted, 60-80% are accepted as we delay the acceptance decision by around 10 min. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:113 / 115
页数:3
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