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Give and take in dictator games
Cappelen, Alexander W.; Nielsen, Ulrik H.; Sørensen, … - In: Economics Letters 118 (2013) 2, pp. 280-283
It has been shown that participants in the dictator game are less willing to give money to the other participant when their choice set also includes the option to take money. We examine whether this effect is due to the choice set providing a signal about entitlements in a setting where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011041625
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A Little Fairness may Induce a Lot of Redistribution in Democracy
Tyran, Jean-Robert; Sausgruber, Rupert - School of Economics and Political Science, Universität … - 2002
redistribution. We theoretically identify two classes of conditions when an empirically plausible amount of fairness preferences … induces redistribution through referenda. We test the predictions of the adapted inequality aversion model in a simple … redistribution experiment, and find that it predicts voting outcomes far better than the standard model of voting assuming …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005696724
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Give and Take in Dictator Games
Cappelen, Alexander W. - 2012
It has been shown that participants in the dictator game are less willing to give money to the other participant when their choice set also includes the option to take money. We examine whether this effect is due to the choice set providing a signal about entitlements in a setting where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013101543
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Give and Take in Dictator Games
Cappelen, Alexander W.; Nielsen, Ulrik; Sorensen, Erik; … - 2012
It has been shown that participants in the dictator game are less willing to give money to the other participant when their choice set also includes the option to take money. We examine whether this effect is due to the choice set providing a signal about entitlements in a setting where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014040327
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Equal Opportunities for All? How Income Redistribution Promotes Support for Economic Inclusion
Reindl, Ilona; Tyran, Jean-Robert - 2020
We experimentally investigate how income redistribution shapes support for economic inclusion, i.e., a policy that … compared to a situation in which this is precluded by design. Income redistribution spreads both risks and returns of … support for economic inclusion. Income redistribution thus induces more equal and efficient outcomes by boosting popular …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014091380
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Give and Take in Dictator Games.
Cappelen, Alexander W.; Nielsen, Ulrik H.; Sørensen, … - Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, Norges Handelshøyskole … - 2012
It has been shown that participants in the dictator game are less willing to give money to the other participant when their choice set also includes the option to take money. We examine whether this effect is due to the choice set providing a signal about entitlements in a setting where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010567131
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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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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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Disincentives from Redistribution : Evidence on a Dividend of Democracy
Sausgruber, Rupert - 2019
We experimentally study the disincentive effect of taxing work and redistributing tax revenues when redistribution is … substantially smaller when redistribution is chosen in a vote than when it is imposed. Redistribution seems to be more legitimate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012869210
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Disincentives from redistribution : evidence on a dividend of democracy
Sausgruber, Rupert; Sonntag, Axel; Tyran, Jean-Robert - 2019
We experimentally study the disincentive effect of taxing work and redistributing tax revenues when redistribution is … substantially smaller when redistribution is chosen in a vote than when it is imposed. Redistribution seems to be more legitimate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012162971