Anyone Up for Helping the Fisherman's Wife? More Solidarity with Accidental Misery than with Man-Made Misery
Year: 2011
Author: Frank, Björn, Li, Sha, Meisenzahl, Stephan, Minich, Heike, Muraro, Nina, de Pinto, Marco, Roth, Duncan, Saenger, Christoph, Saniter, Nils
Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 131 (2011), Iss. 4 : pp. 569–580
Abstract
We experimentally examine the willingness to donate depending on whether „misery" has been randomly generated or self-inflicted by too high demands in bilateral negotiations. We find that randomness has a positive influence on the total amount of the donation. In the case of self-inflicted „misery", we observe that the subject who may be perceived to have caused the unfavourable situation receives significantly less than the supposedly innocent subject.
Journal Article Details
Publisher Name: Global Science Press
Language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.131.4.569
Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 131 (2011), Iss. 4 : pp. 569–580
Published online: 2011-10
AMS Subject Headings: Duncker & Humblot
Copyright: COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press
Pages: 12