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Identity-Driven Cooperation Versus Competition
Snower, Dennis J. - 2016
This paper seeks to extend the domain of identity economics by exploring motivational foundations of in-group cooperation and out-group competition. On this basis, we explore the reflexive interaction between individual economic decisions and social identities in response to technological change...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012996263
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Equity as a Prerequisite for Stable Cooperation in a Public-Good Economy - The Core Revisited
Buchholz, Wolfgang; Peters, Wolfgang - 2021
on the one hand and the core property of an allocation on the other. In particular we show that it is an inhomogeneous … sacrifice”) which is derived from the egalitarian-equivalent concept suggested by Moulin (1987). We also develop a simple core … test by which it can be checked whether a given allocation is in the core thus being a possible outcome of a cooperative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316192
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Equity as a Prerequisite for Stable Cooperation in a Public-Good Economy - The Core Revisited
Buchholz, Wolfgang; Peters, Wolfgang - CESifo - 2010
on the one hand and the core property of an allocation on the other. In particular we show that it is an inhomogeneous … sacrifice”) which is derived from the egalitarian-equivalent concept suggested by Moulin (1987). We also develop a simple core … test by which it can be checked whether a given allocation is in the core thus being a possible outcome of a cooperative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008596567
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Does Competition Justify Inequality?
Bartling, Björn - 2016
Are competitive mechanisms perceived as just sources of economic inequality? Perceptions of fairness violations can have severe economic consequences, as they may cause counterproductive behavior such as rule book slowdowns or quality shading. To analyze fairness perceptions associated with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013000910
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Distributional Implications of Joint Tax Evasion
Nygard, Odd E. - 2016
Both buyers and sellers of goods and services may benefit from letting their economic transactions go unrecorded for tax purposes. The supplier reduces his tax burden by underreporting income, whereas the consumer gains from buying a non-taxed lower-priced product. The distributional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012988388
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The Trade-Off between Intra- and Intergenerational Equity in Climate Policy
Kverndokk, Snorre; Naevdal, Eric; Nøstbakken, Linda - 2021
This paper focuses on two equity dimensions of climate policy, intra- and intergenerational equity, and analyzes the implications of equity preferences on climate policy, and on the production and consumption patterns in rich and poor countries. We develop a dynamic two-region model, in which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315754
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Well-Being Inequality and Reference Groups - An Agenda for New Research
van Praag, B.M.S - 2021
It is argued that the concept of well–being inequality cannot be properly defined without taking the referencing process into account. The reference effect depends on how frequently individuals compare with others and on the degree of social transparency in society. In this paper we employ the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316230
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Should Income Inequality Be Praised? Multiple Public Goods Provision, Income Distribution and Social Welfare
Itaya, Jun-ichi - 2017
We investigate how income inequality affects social welfare in a model of voluntary contributions to multiple pure public goods. Itaya, de Meza, and Myles (1997) show that the maximization of social welfare precludes income equality in a single pure public good model. In contrast, we show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012965708
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Would Global Patent Protection Be Too Weak Without International Coordination?
Lai, Edwin L.-C. - 2011
This paper analyzes the setting of national patent policies in the global economy. In the standard model with free trade and social-welfare-maximizing governments à la Grossman and Lai (2004), cross-border positive policy externalities induce individual countries to select patent strengths that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122389
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Tipping versus Cooperating to Supply a Public Good
Barrett, Scott - 2015
In some important multi-player situations, such as efforts to supply a global public good, players can choose the game they want to play. In this paper we conduct an experimental test of the decision to choose between a “tipping” game, in which every player wants to contribute to the public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013024669