Carry-over effects in the within-subject spectator task

Linda Dezső, Antal Ertl, Valeriia Chukaeva and Gergely Hajdu
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Linda Dezső: University of Krems
Gergely Hajdu: Vienna University of Economics and Busniess

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Abstract: The spectator task elicits third parties’ inequality acceptance, allowing researchers to estimate population distributions of fairness-preference types. In its within-subject form, spectators make two subsequent choices in situations involving merit- and luck-based inequalities with randomized order. We document a carry-over effect: redistribution is lower in the second choice, and inferred fairness-type distributions vary with choice order. We cannot determine whether this pattern is driven by a psychological mechanism active during repeated choices or a contrast between inequality causes. Either interpretation implies a violation of causal transience and calls for caution when using this design.

Date: 2026-06-26
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