Procedural Judgment of Fairness
A procedural judgment of fairness evaluates the 'rules of the game' that produced a particular allocation. This type of assessment focuses on the process and mechanisms leading to an outcome, rather than the characteristics of the outcome itself.
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Ch.5 The rules of the game: Who gets what and why - The Economy 2.0 Microeconomics @ CORE Econ
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