It ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it: characteristics of procedural justice and their importance in social decision-making

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Dolan, Paul; Edlin, Richard; Tsuchiya, Aki; Wailoo, Allan

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Abstract	Standard welfare economic analysis evaluates all actions by their consequences. However, evidence from other disciplines suggests that the procedures by which decisions are made also affects the welfare of individuals. This paper outlines six characteristics on which judgements about procedural justice may be based. Using the example of health care rationing, we examine the importance of each characteristic using qualitative and quantitative methods. We further consider the importance of each of these characteristics relative to one another and examine whether they are important for consequential or non-consequential reasons.
Classification	Economic Policy
Free Keywords	Welfare economics; Procedural fairness; Consequentialism
Document language	English
Publication Year	2007
Page/Pages	p. 157-170
Journal	Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 64 (2007) 1
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2006.07.004
Status	Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence	PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)