We manipulated the power relation between both parties by
varying the consequences of a rejection for both. By varying the consequences
of a rejection, we manipulated the amount of threat a
rejection posed (i.e., we manipulated ‘‘threat power’’, see Fellner &
Güth, 2003). When an offer was rejected in the current setting, the
resource was divided as proposed but both shares were lowered
by a lambda factor. Allocators received their share multiplied by
lambda, while recipients received their share multipliedby1 –lambda
(0 6 lambda 6 1). In the current study we chose values of 0.1 and
0.9 for lambda as these values result in large power differences,
while still ensuring some level of dependency between both parties.