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Redistributive preferences, redistribution, and inequality: Evidence from a panel of OECD countries

Kuhn, Andreas - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2012

This paper describes individuals' inequality perceptions, distributional norms, and redistributive preferences in a … inequality and redistribution. Not surprisingly, the effective level of redistribution (after tax-and-transfer inequality) is … objective dimension of inequality and redistribution are, at least partially, linked with individuals' political preferences and …

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Inequality perceptions, distributional norms, and redistributive preferences in East and West Germany

Kuhn, Andreas - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2011

This paper studies differences in inequality perceptions, distributional norms, and redistributive preferences between …. Surprisingly, however, differences in distributional norms are much smaller than differences with respect to inequality perceptions … same inequality perceptions and distributional norms. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008867215

Awards as signals

Frey, Bruno S.; Neckermann, Susanne - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2010

Awards are widespread in all countries and are prevalent both in the public sphere and in the private sector. This paper argues, and empirically supports, that awards serve public functions and economists should take them seriously. Using a unique cross-country data set, we suggest that awards...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008672226

Do Religious Beliefs Explain Preferences for Income Redistribution? Experimental Evidence

Neustadt, Ilja - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2010

Due to the mixed empirical evidence bearing on the economic determinants, beliefs have been at the center of attention of research into preferences for income redistribution. We elicit preferences for income redistribution through a Discrete Choice Experiment performed in 2008 in Switzerland and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008678246

The public perception and normative valuation of executive compensation: an international comparison

Kuhn, Andreas - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2010

executive pay are associated with objective measures of inequality and redistribution, and that individuals' perceptions and …

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Does willful ignorance deflect punishment? – An experimental study

Weber, Roberto A.; Bartling, Björn; Engl, Florian - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2013

This paper studies whether people can avoid punishment by remaining willfully ignorant about possible negative consequences of their actions for others. We employ a laboratory experiment, using modified dictator games in which a dictator can remain willfully ignorant about the payoff...

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Let the market decide: an experimental study of competition and fairness

Bartling, Björn; Zehnder, Christian; Manuel, Grieder - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2014

Is competition perceived as a fair procedure? We report data from laboratory experiments where a powerful buyer can trade with one of several sellers. Sellers who feel shortchanged can engage in counterproductive behavior to punish the buyer. We find that the same unfavorable terms of trade...

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Pivotality and responsibility attribution in sequential voting

Bartling, Björn; Fischbacher, Urs; Schudy, Simeon - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2014

This paper analyzes responsibility attributions for outcomes of collective decision making processes. In particular, we ask if decision makers are blamed for being pivotal if they implement an unpopular outcome in a sequential voting process. We conduct an experimental voting game in which...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272198

In the eye of the beholder: subjective inequality measures and the demand for redistribution

Kuhn, Andreas - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2009

occupational wage inequality and their demand for redistribution. Most importantly, the framework explicitly allows for the …, they also prefer a lower level of overall wage inequality than what they perceive to exist. Consistent with previous … that subjective inequality measures and the demand for redistribution are substantially significant predictors of both …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004976720

It's all about Connections: Evidence on Network Formation

Falk, Armin; Kosfeld, Michael - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, …

We present an economic experiment on network formation, in which subjects can decide to form links to one another. Direct links are costly but being connected is valuable. The game-theoretic basis for our experiment is the model of Bala and Goyal (2000). They distinguish between two scenarios...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005760915