Which patients do I treat? An experimental study with economists and physicians.
Which patients do I treat? An experimental study with economists and physicians.
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DOI：
10.1186/2191-1991-2-1
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发表时间：
2012-01-05
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Vogt B
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作者：
Ahlert M;Felder S;Vogt B
这个实验研究了未来的经济学家和医生在分配问题中所做的决定，这个问题可以是医学上的，也可以是中立的。潜在的接受者在其最低需求以及从治疗中获益的程度方面各不相同。我们将分配者分为“自私”、“罗尔斯”和“最大化顺从者数量”。经济学家倾向于最大化他们自己的收益，而医生的选择更符合最大化接受者的数量和罗尔斯主义。关于框架，我们观察到，专业规范表面更清楚地在熟悉的设置。最后，我们仔细研究如何被送达的概率和分配的数量取决于收件人的特性以及分配器类型。JEL分类：A13，I19，C91，C72
This experiment investigates decisions made by prospective economists and physicians in an allocation problem which can be framed either medically or neutrally. The potential recipients differ with respect to their minimum needs as well as to how much they benefit from a treatment. We classify the allocators as either 'selfish', 'Rawlsian', or 'maximizing the number of recipients'. Economists tend to maximize their own payoff, whereas the physicians' choices are more in line with maximizing the number of recipients and with Rawlsianism. Regarding the framing, we observe that professional norms surface more clearly in familiar settings. Finally, we scrutinize how the probability of being served and the allocated quantity depend on a recipient's characteristics as well as on the allocator type. JEL Classification: A13, I19, C91, C72