Let me sleep on it: Delay reduces rejection rates in ultimatum games

Veronika Grimm () and Friederike Mengel

Economics Letters, 2011, vol. 111, issue 2, 113-115

Abstract: Delaying acceptance decisions in the Ultimatum Game drastically increases acceptance of low offers. While in treatments without delay less than 20% of low offers are accepted, 60-80% are accepted as we delay the acceptance decision by around 10Â min.

Keywords: Ultimatum; Bargaining; Experiments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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