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  references. We find that faster subjects more often chose the option with the highest payoff for themselves. Moreover, our within-analysis reveals that, for a given individual, payoff maximizing choices are reached quicker than choices expressing social preferences.
Original languageEnglish
JournalEconomics Letters
Volume105
Issue number2
Pages (from-to)193-196
Number of pages4
ISSN0165-1765
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009

Keywords

  • Faculty of Social Sciences
  • social preferences

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