The Uncontrolled Social Utility Hypothesis Revisited

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The Uncontrolled Social Utility Hypothesis Revisited

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Schmidt, Carsten () (Sonderforschungsbereich 504, University of Mannheim)
Zultan, Ro´i () (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Center for Rationality and School of Education)

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The experiment disentangles communication and social effect in face−to−face communication. The results question the previous interpretation of communication effects in ultimatum bargaining, and suggest that separate processes, both of a strategic and of an affective−social nature induce cooperative outcomes.

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Paper provided by Sonderforschungsbereich 504, Universität Mannheim & Sonderforschungsbereich 504, University of Mannheim in its series Sonderforschungsbereich 504 Publications with number 05-29.

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Date of creation: 04 Jul 2005
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Note: We thank Werner Güth, Yaakov Kareev, Axel Ockenfels, and the participants of the European ESA meeting 2003 in Erfurt for
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- Carsten Schmidt & Ro'i Zultan, 2005. "The Uncontrolled Social Utility Hypothesis Revisited," Economics Bulletin, Economics Bulletin, vol. 3(33), pages 1-7. [Downloadable!]

This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:

NEP-ALL-2005-10-15 (All new papers)
NEP-EXP-2005-10-15 (Experimental Economics)

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W. Güth & C. Schmidt & M. Sutter, . "Fairness in the Mail and Opportunism in the Internet - A Newspaper Experiment on Ultimatum Bargaining," Sonderforschungsbereich 373 2001-42, Humboldt Universitaet Berlin.
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- Werner Guth & Carsten Schmidt & Matthias Sutter, 2003. "Fairness in the Mail and Opportunism in the Internet - A Newspaper Experiment on Ultimatum Bargaining," Artefactual Field Experiments 0044, The Field Experiments Website. [Downloadable!]
- Werner Güth & Carsten Schmidt & Matthias Sutter, 2003. "Fairness in the Mail and Opportunism in the Internet: A Newspaper Experiment on Ultimatum Bargaining," German Economic Review, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 4(2), pages 243-265, 05. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
Guth, Werner & Schmittberger, Rolf & Schwarze, Bernd, 1982. "An experimental analysis of ultimatum bargaining," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 3(4), pages 367-388, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
Greiner, Ben, 2004. "An Online Recruitment System for Economic Experiments," MPRA Paper 13513, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
Urs Fischbacher, 2007. "z-Tree: Zurich toolbox for ready-made economic experiments," Experimental Economics, Springer, vol. 10(2), pages 171-178, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

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Ben Greiner & Werner Güth & Ro'i Zultan, 2005. "Let the Dummy Talk! - Unilateral Communication and Discrimination in Three-Person Dictator Experiments -," Working Paper Series in Economics 18, University of Cologne, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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- Ben Greiner & Ro’i Zultan & Werner Güth, 2005. "Let the Dummy Talk! - Unilateral Communication and Discrimination in Three-Person Dictator Experiments -," Papers on Strategic Interaction 2005-18, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Strategic Interaction Group. [Downloadable!]
- Ben Greiner & Werner Guth & Ro’i Zultan, 2005. "Let the Dummy Talk! Unilateral Communication and Discrimination in Three-Person Dictator Experiments," Discussion Paper Series dp396, Center for Rationality and Interactive Decision Theory, Hebrew University, Jerusalem. [Downloadable!]
Brosig, Jeannette, 2006. "Communication channels and induced behavior," MPRA Paper 14035, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]

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