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Table 7 Social utilitarian welfare of the allocators' choices and their own profit (in parentheses: in percentage of the respective reference)

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

  

Economists

Physicians

 

Framing

Reference

neutral

medical

neutral

medical

 

UA a)

Social utilitarian welfare: π 0 + ∑ i π i

R = 1000

3834.44 (100)

3375.97 (88.0)

3417.36 (89.1)

--- (---)

3087.71 (80.5)

R = 1600

6312.44 (100)

5695.27 (90.2)

5787.23 (91.7)

5289.35 (83.8)

5255.80 (83.3)

 

OPMA a)

Own profit π 0

R = 1000

510.42 (100)

456.57 (89.4)

460.71 (90.3)

--- (---)

422.26 (82.7)

R = 1600

950.42 (100)

908.07 (95.5)

910.53 (95.8)

838.85 (88.3)

838.99 (88.3)

  1. UA: utilitarian allocator, OPMA: own payoff-maximizing allocatora) for the values see Table 2