Vermögenspolitik mit dem Ziel, die Vermögensbildung in Arbeitnehmerhand und speziell die Beteiligung der Arbeitnehmer.am Produktivvermögen zu fördern, spielt zumindest in der politischen Rhetorik der Bundesrepublik seit Jahrzehnten eine prominente Rolle. Wie sind die Ziele, Begründungen und...

Why do people in rich countries not transfer more of their income to people in the world's poorest countries? To study this question and the relative importance of needs, entitlements, and nationality in people's social preferences, we conducted a real effort fairness experiment where people in...

Germany has lower posttax income inequality than the United States and hence is doing better according to a strict egalitarian fairness ideal. On the other hand, the United States is doing better than Germany according to a libertarian fairness ideal, which states that people should be held...

According to the 'median-voter' hypothesis, greater inequality in the market distribution of earnings or income tends to produce greater generosity in redistributive policy. We outline the steps in the causal chain specified by the hypothesis and attempt to assess these steps empirically. Prior...