Examining the role of fairness in high stakes allocation decisions

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  List, John A ^a   Cherry, Todd L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation decisions; Earned wealth; Fairness

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549051389     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2003.09.021     Document Type: Article

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