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Unfair Division of Found Money
An everyday scenario that illustrates how people judge fairness involves two friends, An and Bai, who find a $100 bill. If An, who picks up the money, offers Bai only one cent while intending to keep the rest, this allocation is widely perceived as unfair. This intuitive reaction is analogous to the rejection of minimal offers in the ultimatum game.
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