B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal
Purely Procedural Preferences – Beyond Procedural Equity and Reciprocity
Subtitle: Beyond Procedural Equity and Reciprocity
Authors: Nadine Chlass,Werner Gueth,Topi Miettinen
Publisher: Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics
Publishing place: Sweden
Publication year: 2014
Journal: Stockholm Insitute of Transition Economics: SITE working paper series
Volume: 2014
Issue: 3
Web address : https://www.hhs.se/contentassets/27e3bb1a02d0490c9f80062be59e4154/2010-purely-procedural-preferences.pdf
We study a new type of preference. We test whether parties hold preferences purely over the procedure which generates specific outcomes. In order to characterize procedures as independent of their outcome, we design procedures which yield the same expected outcomes or carry the same information on parties' intentions while they have different outcome-invariant properties. Experimentally, individuals show preferences over these properties. The preferences we report link to attributes of individuals' moral judgment. We also illustrate that individuals alter their behaviour under procedures which violate individuals' preferred moral principles.