Tag Archives: fairness

Fair pay is good for your heart

Posted on June 2, 2011 by

It isn’t how much you’re paid. It’s how fair you think your pay is that matters. That might depend on how much other people are paid, or how much effort you have put in, or how well your company is … Continue reading →

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Please don’t say you’re sorry

Posted on September 29, 2010 by

Two people in separate rooms: $10 to divide between them. One person – the lucky one – is the sender, who gets to choose how the $10 should be divided up. The other person, the receiver, has no choice but … Continue reading →

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mflow and economics fun

Posted on August 4, 2010 by

It’s nice (and perhaps, dare I say unusual?) when an economic paper comes to life. A while ago a group of researchers in Germany reported on an experiment testing attitudes to a legal file-sharing site with a twist: revenue was split between sellers and … Continue reading →

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