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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Published in:	MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 30-2009)
Main Authors:	Frank, Björn, Li, Sha, Meisenzahl, Stephan, Minich, Heike, Muraro, Nina, de Pinto, Marco, Roth, Duncan, Sänger, Christoph, Saniter, Nils
Format:	Work
Language:	English
Published:	Philipps-Universität Marburg 2009
Subjects:	altruism Wirtschaft bargaining experiment Economics
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