Process fairness, outcome fairness, and dynamic consistency: Experimental evidence for risk and ambiguity

Stefan Trautmann and Gijs Kuilen

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2016, vol. 53, issue 2, No 1, 75-88

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Procedural fairness; Distributional fairness; Process fairness; Outcome fairness; Dynamic consistency; C91; D63; D81 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/s11166-016-9249-4

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