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SUBMITTER: Zhong S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2972208 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhong Songfa S Israel Salomon S Shalev Idan I Xue Hong H Ebstein Richard P RP Chew Soo Hong SH
PloS one 20101103 11
In experimental economics, the preference for reciprocal fairness has been observed in the controlled and incentivized laboratory setting of the ultimatum game, in which two individuals decide on how to divide a sum of money, with one proposing the share while the second deciding whether to accept. Should the proposal be accepted, the amount is divided accordingly. Otherwise, both would receive no money. A recent twin study has shown that fairness preference inferred from responder behavior is h ...[more]