A stress test of fairness measures in models of social utility

Economic Theory

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 957-982

  Bolton, Gary E ^a   Ockenfels, Axel ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bargaining; Experiments; Fairness; Reciprocity; Social utility; Ultimatum game.

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244475680     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: 14320479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-003-0459-z     Document Type: Article

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