Fairness is intuitive

TY - JOUR

T1 - Fairness is intuitive

AU - Cappelen, Alexander W.

AU - Panton, Ulrik Haagen

AU - Tungodden, Bertil

AU - Tyran, Jean-Robert Karl

AU - Wengström, Erik Roland

PY - 2016/12/1

Y1 - 2016/12/1

N2 - In this paper we provide new evidence showing that fair behavior is intuitive to most people. We find a strong association between a short response time and fair behavior in the dictator game. This association is robust to controls that take account of the fact that response time might be affected by the decision-maker’s cognitive ability and swiftness. The experiment was conducted with a large and heterogeneous sample recruited from the general population in Denmark. We find a striking similarity in the association between response time and fair behavior across groups in the society, which suggests that the predisposition to act fairly is a general human trait.

AB - In this paper we provide new evidence showing that fair behavior is intuitive to most people. We find a strong association between a short response time and fair behavior in the dictator game. This association is robust to controls that take account of the fact that response time might be affected by the decision-maker’s cognitive ability and swiftness. The experiment was conducted with a large and heterogeneous sample recruited from the general population in Denmark. We find a striking similarity in the association between response time and fair behavior across groups in the society, which suggests that the predisposition to act fairly is a general human trait.

U2 - 10.1007/s10683-015-9463-y

DO - 10.1007/s10683-015-9463-y

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1386-4157

VL - 19

SP - 727

EP - 740

JO - Experimental Economics

JF - Experimental Economics

IS - 4

ER -