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We augment a standard tax model by concerns about tax equity: people get upset when labour is taxed more heavily than capital. Even the slightest concern for tax equity invalidates the common recommendation for small open economies that capital should remain tax-exempt. This holds for exogenous...
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perceived and the actual fairness of the income generation process affects this association. Building on a simple model of … individual labor-market participation under uncertainty, we predict that higher levels of perceived fairness cause higher levels …, income inequality is perceived more negatively with increased perceived fairness, due to the need for unexpected policy …
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An important element for the public support of policies is their perceived justice. At the same time most policy … choices have uncertain outcomes. We report the results of a first experiment investigating just allocations of resources when … their own risk preferences. The observed allocations are consistent with four different views of justice under uncertainty. …
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The internet has given birth to an expanding number of shared virtual reality spaces, with a collective population well into the millions. These virtual worlds exhibit most of the traits we associate with the Earth world: economic transactions, interpersonal relationships, organic political...
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maximin rule, but rather favor a utilitarian justice concept appended with a safety net for the poorest. Furthermore, people …
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This is an experimental study of a three-player power-to-take game where a take authority is matched with two responders. The game consists of two stages. In the first stage, the take authority decides how much of the endowment of each responder that is left after the second stage will be...
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explores whether people hide their unfair intentions from others and how hiding intentions is itself perceived in fairness … successful against the higher expected punishment when cover up is unsuccessful. In an attempt to better understand fairness …
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environments, we use a laboratory experiment in which we form groups and assign leadership roles at random. We study an environment … behavior. Moreover, appointing leaders who are likely to have acted dishonestly in a preliminary stage of the experiment yields …
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fairness and redistributional choices. A fortune reversal is generally perceived to be fair behind a thick VOI, but deemed … exists between the perception of fairness and the certainty levels about social position. A 50-50 split is preferred with …
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There is clear evidence that fairness plays a role in redistribution. Individuals want to compensate others for their … misfortune, while they allow them to enjoy the fruits of their effort. This paper introduces fairness in a tax-benefit scheme … fairness test, whereas the Baltic and Anglo-Saxon countries (including the US) perform worst. Our paper provides a new way to …
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