The Ultimatum Game is one of the most successful experimental designs in the history of the social sciences. In this article I try to explain this success what makes it a “paradigmatic experiment” stressing in particular its versatility. Despite the intentions of its inventors, the Ultimatum Game was never a good design to test economic theory, and it is now mostly used as a heuristic tool for the observation of nonstandard preferences or as a “social thermometer” for the observation of culture‐specific norms
Paradigmatic experiments : the ultimatum game from testing to measurement device / F. Guala. - In: PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE. - ISSN 0031-8248. - 75:5(2008), pp. 658-669.
Paradigmatic experiments : the ultimatum game from testing to measurement device
F. GualaPrimo
2008
Abstract
The Ultimatum Game is one of the most successful experimental designs in the history of the social sciences. In this article I try to explain this success what makes it a “paradigmatic experiment” stressing in particular its versatility. Despite the intentions of its inventors, the Ultimatum Game was never a good design to test economic theory, and it is now mostly used as a heuristic tool for the observation of nonstandard preferences or as a “social thermometer” for the observation of culture‐specific norms
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