The norm of restaurant tipping
Conlin, Lynn and O'Donoghue, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 52(3), 2003, 297-321. Survey data on restaurant tipping; several influences found and a simple theory built. Tip percentages track service quality but the overall pattern is only partly efficient. Customers modelled as weighing material well-being against the discomfort of breaking the tipping norm; the model reinterprets earlier findings and gives new predictions. No sample size stated in the abstract and none used. Reading depth: abstract.
Conlin, Lynn and O'Donoghue, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 52(3), 2003, 297-321. Survey data on restaurant tipping; several influences found and a simple theory built. Tip percentages track service quality but the overall pattern is only partly efficient. Customers modelled as weighing material well-being against the discomfort of breaking the tipping norm; the model reinterprets earlier findings and gives new predictions. No sample size stated in the abstract and none used. Reading depth: abstract.
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Conlin, M., Lynn, M., & O'Donoghue, T. (2003). The norm of restaurant tipping. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 52(3), 297-321. doi:10.1016/s0167-2681(03)00030-1 https://doi.org/10.1016/s0167-2681(03)00030-1