Fast or Fair?: A Study of Response Times

Marco Piovesan; Erik Roland Wengström

Fast or Fair? A Study of Response Times

Marco Piovesan, Erik Roland Wengström

Økonomisk Institut

Publikation: Working paper

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Abstract

This paper uses a modified dictator game to investigate the relationship between response times and social preferences. We find that egoistic subjects make faster decisions than subjects with social preferences. Moreover, our within-analysis reveals that, for a given individual, egoistic payoff maximizing decisions are reached quicker than choices expressing social preferences

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Udgiver	Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen
Antal sider	10
Status	Udgivet - 2008

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JEL classification: C72, C91

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