The inconsistent evaluation of absolute versus comparative payoffs in labor supply and bargaining

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 227-240

  Blount, Sally ^a   Bazerman, Max H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative payoffs; Experimental economics; Fairness; Preference reversal; Ultimatum game

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030210384     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(96)00891-8     Document Type: Article

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