Table 1.
Choices for compensation, punishment, or keeping the money as a function of condition in Experiments 1–6
| Choice | Exp. 1 χ2 (2, N =308) = 1.33, p = 0.515 |
Exp. 2 χ2 (2, N =137) = 1.64, p = 0.441 |
Exp. 3 χ2 (2, N =201) = 29.32, p < 0.001 |
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| Single game (n = 153) [%] | Multiple games (n = 155) [%] | Single game (n = 67) [%] | Multiple games (n = 70) [%] | Repeated unfairness (n = 100) [%] | Repeated fairness (n = 101) [%] | |
| Compensation | 31.4 | 37.4 | 56.7 | 52.9 | 39.0 | 22.8 |
| Punishment | 7.2 | 5.8 | 7.5 | 14.3 | 20.0 | 2.0 |
| Keep | 61.4 | 56.8 | 35.8 | 32.8 | 41.0 | 75.2 |
| Choice | Exp. 4 χ2 (2, N =202) = 4.34, p = 0.114 |
Exp. 5 χ2 (2, N =204) = 49.83, p < 0.001 |
Exp. 6 χ2 (4, N =303) = 1.16, p = 0.885 |
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| Equal impact (n = 101) [%] | Unequal impact (n = 101) [%] | Two options (n = 102) [%] | Three options (n = 102) [%] | Third-party decision (n = 101) [%] | Fourth-party own decision (n = 101) [%] | Fourth-party other decision (n = 101) [%] | |
| Compensation | 41.6 | 27.7 | – | 37.3 | 38.8 | 34.6 | 39.6 |
| Punishment | 7.9 | 10.9 | 15.7 | 3.9 | 8.2 | 9.6 | 10.9 |
| Keep | 50.5 | 61.4 | 84.3 | 58.8 | 53.1 | 55.8 | 49.5 |