Exploiting moral wiggle room
We designed an experiment to test the robustness of Dana, Weber, and Kuang's (DWK), 2007 results. DWK observed that, when participants were given a ``costless'' way --- the click of a button --- to ignore the consequences of their actions on others' payoffs, they chose to remain...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2009-10-01
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Series: | Judgment and Decision Making |
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Online Access: | http://journal.sjdm.org/9814/jdm9814.pdf |
Summary: | We designed an experiment to test the robustness of Dana, Weber, and Kuang's (DWK), 2007 results. DWK observed that, when participants were given a ``costless'' way --- the click of a button --- to ignore the consequences of their actions on others' payoffs, they chose to remain ignorant and fair behavior diminished. By implementing a double-blind experiment together with a design that controls for alternative explanations for the observed behavior, we confirmed DWK's findings. |
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ISSN: | 1930-2975 |