Process fairness, outcome fairness, and dynamic consistency: Experimental evidence for risk and ambiguity
Trautmann,Stefan van de Kuilen,Gijs
Trautmann,Stefan
van de Kuilen,Gijs
Abstract
Literature on fairness preferences distinguishes between outcome fairness, concerning the final allocation of payoffs, and process fairness, concerning the expected allocation of payoffs. It is not obvious, however, whether process fairness can consistently be implemented. Once uncertainty is resolved and outcomes are determined, the ex-ante procedurally fair decision maker may become consequentialist ex-post, and reconsider her choice on the basis of the observed outcomes. We present experimental evidence on dynamic consistency of social preferences under both known risk and ambiguity. A significant share of people subscribe to process fairness both before and after the resolution of uncertainty.
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2016-12
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Research Projects
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procedural fairness, distributional fairness, process fairness, outcome fairness, dynamic consistency, C91 - Laboratory, Individual Behavior, D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement, D81 - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
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Trautmann, S & van de Kuilen, G 2016, 'Process fairness, outcome fairness, and dynamic consistency : Experimental evidence for risk and ambiguity', Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, vol. 53, no. 2/3, pp. 75-88. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11166-016-9249-4