Puzzles: The Other Person's Envelope is Always Greener
- 1 February 1989
- journal article
- Published by American Economic Association in Journal of Economic Perspectives
- Vol. 3 (1) , 171-181
- https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.3.1.171
Abstract
The Puzzles feature in this issue is devoted to answering a puzzle that appeared in the Spring 1988 issue: “The Other Person's Envelope is Always Greener.” The response to this puzzle was overwhelming. Below, I recap the problem and then discuss the myriad of proposed solutions.Keywords
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