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Table 2 The average treatment payoffs of the allocators and their recipients for the four ideal types of social orientation (in parentheses: in percentage of the OPMA type)

From: Which patients do I treat? An experimental study with economists and physicians

 

Allocator's payoff

Ï€ 0

Sum of recipients'

Payoffs

∑ i π i

Total payoff

π 0 + ∑ i π i

Type

R = 1000

R = 1600

R = 1000

R = 1600

R = 1000

R = 1600

    UA

443.24 (86.8)

881.24 (92.7)

3391.20 (112.0)

5431.20 (107.0)

3834.44 (108.4)

6312.44 (104.7)

    OPMA

510.42

(100)

950.42

(100)

3027.10

(100)

5077.10

(100)

3537.52

(100)

6027.52

(100)

    NMA

505.30

(99.0)

918.04

(96.6)

2926.50

(96.7)

4665.20

(91.9)

3431.80

(97.0)

5583.24

(92.6)

    RA

433.03

(84.8)

781.76

(82.3)

2565.13

(84.7)

3983.81

(78.5)

2998.15

(84.8)

4765.57

(79.1)

  1. UA: utilitarian allocator, OPMA: own payoff-maximizing allocator, NMA: number maximizing allocator, RA: Rawlsian allocator