incentives. Collective enforcement allows the transparent organization to use strong employment relationships to "cross …

schemes. With it, we study tensions between egalitarianism, equity concerns, self-interest, and the need for incentives. In a … rational responses to incentives, are influenced by egalitarian, equity and strategic considerations. …

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 …

for those at the bottom of the income scale? Will ARRA reverse the upward trend in inequality that we have seen in the … creation, ARRA is likely to have little impact on overall income inequality, or on the income gaps between relatively …

The question of whether changes in income inequality affect CO2 emissions remains a topic of debate at both theoretical …

-an inequality averse, an altruistic and a predominantly selfish type-capture the essence of behavioral heterogeneity. These types …

In Rawls' (1971) influential social contract approach to distributive justice, the fair income distribution is the one … prospect theory instead, which better describes behavior under risk. I find that the specific type of inequality in bottom … optimal inequality result contrasts the implications of other social welfare criteria. …

Are competitive mechanisms perceived as just sources of economic inequality? Perceptions of fairness violations can … powerful buyer can trade with one of several sellers - an environment that can lead to pronounced inequality among the … inequality. …