Fast or fair? A study of response times

Marco Piovesan; Erik Wengström

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2009.07.017

Fast or fair? A study of response times

Marco Piovesan, Erik Wengström

University of Copenhagen

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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 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 language	English
Pages (from-to)	193-196
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	105
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2009.07.017
Publication status	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes

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Economics

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Response times
Social preferences

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