2-LEVEL ULTIMATUM BARGAINING WITH INCOMPLETE INFORMATION - AN EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY

In a two-level ultimatum game one player offers an amount to two other players who then, in the case of acceptance, divide this amount by pl aying an ultimatum game. The first offer has to be accepted by the sec ond proposer. Only the first proposer knew the true cake size whose a priori-probabilities were commonly known. The fact that most proposers with the large cake offered two thirds of the small cake has importan t implications for the theory of distributive justice better informed parties do not question that others want a fair share and, thus, prete nd fairness by 'hiding behind some small cake'.