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Distributional preferences explain individual behavior across games and time
Hedegaard, Morten; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; Müller, Daniel; … - 2019
We use a large and heterogeneous sample of the Danish population to investigate the importance of distributional preferences for behavior in a public good game and a trust game. We find robust evidence for the significant explanatory power of distributional preferences. In fact, compared to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012009014
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Risking other people's money : experimental evidence on bonus schemes, competition, and altruism
Andersson, Ola; Holm, Håkan J.; Tyran, Jean-Robert; … - 2013
experiment are facing high-powered incentives to increase the risk on behalf of others through hedged compensation contracts or …We study risk taking on behalf of others in an experiment on a large random sample. The decision makers in our … with tournament incentives. Compared to a baseline condition without such incentives, we find that the decision makers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010206746
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Distributional preferences explain individual behavior across games and time
Hedegaard, Morten; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; Müller, Daniel; … - 2019
We use a large and heterogeneous sample of the Danish population to investigate the importance of distributional preferences for behavior in a public good game and a trust game. We find robust evidence for the significant explanatory power of distributional preferences. In fact, compared to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012140885
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Inequality Aversion and Voting on Redistribution
Höchtl, Wolfgang; Sausgruber, Rupert; Tyran, Jean-Robert - Økonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet - 2011
Some people have a concern for a fair distribution of incomes while others do not. Does such a concern matter for majority voting on redistribution? Fairness preferences are relevant for redistribution outcomes only if fair-minded voters are pivotal. Pivotality, in turn, depends on the structure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009145185
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Inequality Aversion and Voting on Redistribution
Hoechtl, Wolfgang; Sausgruber, Rupert; Tyran, Jean-Robert - Institut für Finanzwissenschaft, Fakultät für … - 2011
Mounting evidence shows that there is heterogeneity in aversion to inequality, i.e. that some people have a concern for a fair distribution. Does such a concern matter for majority voting on redistribution? Fairness preferences are relevant for redistribution outcomes only if fair voters are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009145765
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Inequality aversion and voting on redistribution
Höchtl, Wolfgang; Sausgruber, Rupert; Tyran, Jean-Robert - In: European Economic Review 56 (2012) 7, pp. 1406-1421
Some people have a concern for a fair distribution of incomes while others do not. Does such a concern matter for majority voting on redistribution? Fairness preferences are relevant for redistribution outcomes only if fair-minded voters are pivotal. Pivotality, in turn, depends on the structure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011048637
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Inequality Aversion and Voting on Redistribution
Höchtl, Wolfgang; Sausgruber, Rupert; Tyran, Jean-Robert - 2011
Some people have a concern for a fair distribution of incomes while others do not. Does such a concern matter for majority voting on redistribution? Fairness preferences are relevant for redistribution outcomes only if fair-minded voters are pivotal. Pivotality, in turn, depends on the structure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294833
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Inequality aversion and voting on redistribution
Höchtl, Wolfgang; Sausgruber, Rupert; Tyran, Jean-Robert - 2011
; experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009737527
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Voting When Money and Morals Conflict : An Experimental Test of Expressive Voting
Tyran, Jean-Robert - 2005
Moral considerations may matter much in voting because the costs of expressing support for a morally worthy cause may be low in a referendum. These costs depend on whether a voter expects to affect the outcome of the referendum. To test the low-cost theory of expressive voting, we experimentally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014065820
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Voting When Money and Morals Conflict : An Experimental Test of Expressive Voting
Tyran, Jean-Robert - 2002
Moral considerations may matter much in voting because the costs of expressing support for a morally worthy cause may be low in a referendum. These costs depend on whether a voter expects to affect the outcome of the referendum. To test the low-cost theory of expressive voting, we experimentally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014118083