Anyone up for helping the fisherman's wife

Abstract

"We experimentally examine the willingness to donate depending on whether 'misery' has been randomly generated or self-inflicted by too high demands in bilateral negotiations. We find that randomness has a positive influence on the total amount of the donation. In the case of self-inflicted 'misery', we observe that the subject who may be perceived to have caused the unfavourable situation receives significantly less than the supposedly innocent subject." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Frank, B., Li, S., Meisenzahl, S., Minich, H., Muraro, N., de Pinto, M., Roth, D., Saenger, C. & Saniter, N. (2011): Anyone up for helping the fisherman's wife. More solidarity with accidental misery than with man-made misery. In: Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 131, No. 4, p. 569-580. DOI:10.3790/schm.131.4.569