Anyone up for helping the Fisherman's wife? More solidarity with accidental misery than with man-made misery
We examine the willingness to donate depending on whether “misery” is random generated or self-inflicted by too high demands in bilateral negotiations. We find that randomness has a positive influence on the total amount of donation. In case of self-inflicted “misery” we observe that the subject who...
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Publié dans: | MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 30-2009) |
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Auteurs principaux: | , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Arbeit |
Langue: | anglais |
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Philipps-Universität Marburg
2009
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Résumé: | We examine the willingness to donate depending on whether “misery” is random generated or self-inflicted by too high demands in bilateral negotiations. We find that randomness has a positive influence on the total amount of donation. In case of self-inflicted “misery” we observe that the subject who may have caused the unfavourable situation receives significantly less than the perceived innocent subject. |
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Description matérielle: | 12 Seiten |
ISSN: | 1867-3678 |
DOI: | 10.17192/es2024.0011 |