Fast or Fair? A Study of Response Times

Marco Piovesan, Erik Roland Wengström

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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
Original languageEnglish
PublisherDepartment of Economics, University of Copenhagen
Number of pages10
Publication statusPublished - 2008

Keywords

  • Faculty of Social Sciences
  • social preferences
  • response times

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