@vladimir: It's a one-off.
@vuce: So you would accept that the other guy keep $5000 and you $0? Technically (and again, assuming we identify utility with monetary payoff, as you seem to have done), that is a Nash equilibrium too: rejecting the deal would hurt the other guy while netting you nothing.
@db: That would be the exact same deal, with a different framing. My guess is that if you did a parallel study, dividing the subjects in two halves and asking either question, you'd get significantly different results. Ironically, I think your framing favors the first guy. Guess why?
In this case im indiferent @vuce: So you would accept that the other guy keep $5000 and you $0? Technically (and again, assuming we identify utility with monetary payoff, as you seem to have done), that is a Nash equilibrium too: rejecting the deal would hurt the other guy while netting you nothing.
@db: That would be the exact same deal, with a different framing. My guess is that if you did a parallel study, dividing the subjects in two halves and asking either question, you'd get significantly different results. Ironically, I think your framing favors the first guy. Guess why?
To anyone saying 50:50: it's more important to you to "teach them a lesson" than 2499$?