Professor Parallax Chooses Two Students in His Economics Class, Jasmine

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Essay

Professor Parallax chooses two students in his economics class, Jasmine and Cassandra, to participate in the ultimatum game.He chooses Jasmine to be the allocator and Cassandra to be the recipient.He gives Jasmine $50 and as the allocator, she gets to decide how to split the money with Cassandra.If Cassandra decides to accept the amount allocated to her by Jasmine, both students get to keep the money.If Cassandra decides to reject her allocation, neither student gets to keep the money.How much will each student end up with if each student acts as if fairness is important? How much will each student end up with if only Cassandra acts as if fairness is important? How much will each student end up with if neither student cares about fairness?

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