Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/282709 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16582
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Do White and Black Americans differ in their response to fair versus unfair treatment, and do these reactions depend on whether treatment is intentional? We study an ultimatum game in which we non-deceptively vary three dimensions: racial identities of participants, offer inequality, and whether the offer was made intentionally or assigned by lottery. Unequal offers are more likely to be rejected in all conditions, but participants differed in how intentionality behind an offer affected their response. White respondents did not differentiate between intentional and randomly assigned offer inequality. In contrast, among Black respondents, intentionality increased acceptance of fair offers.
Subjects: 
race identities
fairness
ultimatum game
inequality aversion
intentionality
JEL: 
D63
J71
C90
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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