The pleasure of being nasty

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2009
Volume: 105
Issue: 3
Pages: 306-308

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We introduce the joy-of-destruction game. Two players each receive an endowment and simultaneously decide on how much of the other player's endowment to destroy. In a treatment without fear of retaliation, money is destroyed in almost 40% of all decisions.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:105:y:2009:i:3:p:306-308
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-24