yes, that is interesting. I take it that neither keeping the money nor negotiating with the person at the bottom were permissible options?
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 11:39 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]>wrote: > > "The authors ran a series of experiments where students were randomly > allotted sums of money, separated by $1, and informed about the income > distribution that resulted. They were then given another $2, which they > could give either to the person directly above or below them in the > distribution. > In keeping with the notion of last-place aversion, the people who were a > spot away from the bottom were the most likely to give the money to the > person above them: rewarding the rich but ensuring that someone remained > poorer than themselves." > > http://www.economist.com/node/21525851 > > Interesting... > > -Cameron > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:341701 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
