Self-interest, sympathy and the origin of endowments

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2008
Volume: 101
Issue: 1
Pages: 69-72

Authors (2)

Cherry, Todd L. (not in RePEc) Shogren, Jason F. (University of Wyoming)

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 explore whether the recent laboratory findings that suggest the origin of endowment matters in simple bargaining games are actually due to contextual shifts of relative effort and deservingness. Results support previous findings of endowment origin yielding more self-interested behavior.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:101:y:2008:i:1:p:69-72
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25