Bénabou, Roland; Tirole, Jean - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
maintain, and pass on to their children, a view of the world where effort ultimately pays off and everyone gets their just … deserts. This paper offers a model that helps explain: i) why most people feel such a need to believe in a ‘just world’; ii … this phenomenon for international differences in political ideology, levels of redistribution, labour supply, aggregate …