Fair shares: accountability and cognitive dissonance in allocation decisions.

The writer proposes and tests a theory of decision making that tries to elucidate the roles of fairness, self-interest, and self-deception in the allocation of economic rewards.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	American Economic Review Vol. 90; no. 4; pp. 1072 - 1092
Main Author:	Konow, James
Format:	Article
Published:	American Economic Association September 2000
Subjects:	Resource allocation > Mathematical models Fairness Economic decision making Cognitive dissonance Distributive justice
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