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Perceived unfairness in CEO compensation and work morale
Cornelissen, Thomas; Himmler, Oliver; Koenig, Tobias - 2009
CEO compensation that is perceived to be excessive regularly causes agitation in the population. Using German data, we show that perceiving CEO pay to be unjust has economic repercussions in terms of lower work morale.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270046
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Fairness spillovers: The case of taxation
Cornelissen, Thomas; Himmler, Oliver; König, Tobias - 2010
that such 'fairness spillovers' can incur large economic costs: A belief that there is unfairness in taxation in the sense …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275016
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Fairness spillovers: The case of taxation
Cornelißen, Thomas; Himmler, Oliver; Koenig, Tobias - 2012
that such 'fairness spillovers' can incur large economic costs: A belief that there is unfairness in taxation in the sense …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323868
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Jon Elster und das Problem lokaler Gerechtigkeit
Pies, Ingo; Viebranz, Jörg - 2007
Dieser Beitrag untersucht die Arbeiten von Jon Elster zum Problem lokaler Gerechtigkeit. Das Thema dieser Arbeiten sind Rationierungsentscheidungen. Es geht um die Allokation und Distribution knapper Zuteilungsgüter, also etwa um die Vergabe von Kindergarten- oder Studienplätzen, die Zuweisung...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011733749
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Toward a Naturalistic Foundation of the Social Contract
Cordes, Christian; Schubert, Christian - 2005
This paper delivers a step toward a naturalistic foundation of the social contract. While mainstream social contract theory is based on an original position model that is defined in an aprioristic way, we endogenize its key elements, i.e., develop them out of the individuals' moral common sense....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261516
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Envy Freeness in Experimental Fair Division Problems
Herreiner, Dorothea K.; Puppe, Clemens - 2004
In the recent experimental literature several social preference models have been suggested that address observed behavior not reducible to the pursuit of self-interest. Inequality aversion is one such model where preferences are distributional. Frequently, envy is suggested as the underlying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263123
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Moral Norms in a Partly Compliant Society
Kranz, Sebastian - 2006
This paper analyses competition of moral norms and institutions in a society where a fixed share of people unconditionally complies with norms and the remaining people act selfishly. Whether a person is a norm-complier or selfish is private knowledge. A model of voting-by-feet shows that those...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263168
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Not Guilty? : Another Look at the Nature and Nurture of Economics Students
Haucap, Justus; Just, Tobias - 2003
In this paper, we examine students' attitudes towards various allocation mechanisms for a scarce resource. For this purpose, we have run a survey among officers of the German military who are enrolled in different courses of study (such as economics) at the University of the German Federal Armed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263396
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Driving forces behind informal sanctions
Falk, Armin; Fehr, Ernst; Fischbacher, Urs - 2005
theories of fairness and reciprocity capture these forces. We find that cooperators' punishment is almost exclusively targeted … between different fairness principles. Fairness theories that are based on the assumption that players compare their own … the defectors. Fairness theories assuming that players aim to minimize payoff inequalities cannot explain the fact that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267590
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Don't tax me? Determinants of individual attitudes toward progressive taxation
Heinemann, Friedrich; Hennighausen, Tanja - 2010
, fairness considerations, economic beliefs and several other individual factors drive individual preferences for tax rate … fairness considerations. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300012