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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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This paper presents a formal theory of reciprocity. Reciprocity means that people reward kind actions and punish unkind ones. The theory takes into account that people evaluate the kindness of an action not only by its consequences but also by the intention underlying this action. The theory...
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In this paper we show that a simple model of fairness preferences explains major experimental regularities of common …
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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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This paper explores how a principal with time-inconsistent preferences invests optimally in technology or capital. If the current principal prefers her future self to save more, she can increase current investments complementary to future savings and decrease investments in the strategic...
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paradox, and also show how it may be avoided by introducing a commitment device. …
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