depending on whether their preferences exhibit desert elation or desert guilt. Our notion of desert generalizes distributional … guilt generates a continuum of symmetric equilibria. Equilibrium effort can lie above or below the level in the absence of … desert, so desert guilt generates behavior consistent with both positive and negative reciprocity and may underpin social …

sequence in order to improve fairness. …

than their peers - suggesting concerns about fairness or disadvantageous inequity. …

fairness principles, namely equality of opportunity and freedom from poverty, into a joint measure of unfair inequality. Two … aversion. Furthermore, we show that an exclusive focus on top incomes may misguide fairness judgments. …