Buser, Thomas; Putterman, Louis G.; Weele, Joël J. van der - 2016
differences in confidence concerning future relative income position, risk aversion, and social preferences. We use data from lab … mechanisms. We find that when choosing to redistribute income as a disinterested observer, women choose higher tax rates than men … when initial income depends on performance in a task but not when it is randomly allocated. In a veil of ignorance …