Starting from Schelling (1960), several game theorists have conjectured that payoff equity might facilitate … fairness makes it focal or because many individuals dislike payoff inequities, as abundant experimental evidence suggests. In … this line, we propose a selection principle called Equity (EQ), which selects the equilibrium in pure strategies minimizing …

The meritocratic fairness ideal implies that inequalities in earnings are regarded as fair only when they reflect … differences in performance. Consequently, implementation of the meritocratic fairness ideal requires complete information about …

A meritocratic fairness ideal is generally believed to regard income inequality as fair if it stems from performance … lead individuals to support income redistribution, while also obtaining an assessment regarding to what degree …

opportunities and outcomes. We elicit redistribution decisions from a U.S.-representative sample who observe worker outcomes and … lucky opportunities. Our findings have implications for models that seek to understand and predict redistribution attitudes …, and help to explain the gap between lab evidence on support for redistribution and U.S. inequality trends. …

how fairness views themselves are affected by negative shocks. To answer this question, I conduct two experimental studies … investigating the causal link between income shocks and preferences for redistribution. While Study 1 exogenously manipulates within … an egalitarian fairness view. Participants who are relatively richer, by contrast, distribute resources proportionate to …