Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/84170 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 4380
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Take-it or leave-it offers are probably as old as mankind. Our objective here is, first, to provide a, probably subjectively-colored, recollection of the initial ultimatum game experiment, its motivation and the immediate responses. Second, we discuss important extensions of the standard ultimatum bargaining game in a unified framework, and, third, we offer a survey of the experimental ultimatum bargaining literature containing papers published since the turn of the century. The paper argues that the ultimatum game is an extremely versatile tool for research in bargaining and on social preferences. Finally, we provide examples for open research questions and directions for future studies.
Subjects: 
ultimatum bargaining
experiment
social preferences
JEL: 
C91
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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