The pleasure of being nasty

被引:127
作者
Abbink, Klaus [2 ]
Sadrieh, Abdolkarim [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Magdeburg, Fac Econ & Management, D-39016 Magdeburg, Germany
[2] Univ Amsterdam, Fac Econ & Business, CREED, NL-1018 WB Amsterdam, Netherlands
关键词
Spite; Nastiness; Money-burning; Anti-social behavior; PUNISHMENT; FAIRNESS; COOPERATION; RECIPROCITY; COMPETITION;
D O I
10.1016/j.econlet.2009.08.024
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
We introduce the joy-of-destruction game. Two players each receive an endowment and simultaneously decide on how Much of the other player's endowment to destroy. In a treatment without fear of retaliation, money is destroyed in almost 40% of all decisions. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:306 / 308
页数:3
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