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If I do not ask for help, it does not mean I do not need it : experimental analysis of recipients' procedural preferences for redistribution
Kandul, Serhiy; Nikolaychuk, Olexandr - 2017
Experimental literature on pro-social behavior has been largely focused on settings where the decision of donors is sufficient for an interaction to occur. However, in many real-life applications recipients first have to ask donors for help to initiate the transaction. We suggest that this first...
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I win it's fair, you win it's not : selective heeding of merit in ambiguous settings
Kandul, Serhiy; Nikolaychuk, Olexandr - 2021
procedure. We also discuss the perceptions of fairness and merit as potential drivers of the observed behavioral phenomenon. …
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Dissecting inequality-averse preferences
Bergolo, Marcelo; Burdín, Gabriel; Burone, Santiago; … - 2021
Although different approaches and methods have been used to measure inequality aversion, there remains no consensus about its drivers at the individual level. We conducted an experiment on a sample of more than 1800 first-year undergraduate economics and business students in Uruguay to...
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Self-serving redistributive preferences among natives and immigrants in the UK
Dezső, Linda; Koch, Christian - 2024
In an online experiment, we examine how ingroup bias and fairness concerns shape the redistributive preferences of UK … eliminated when it disproportionately harmed the partner. Their fairness beliefs showed evidence of egocentric norm adoption … Partner unverhältnismäßig schadete. Ihre Fairness-Überzeugungen zeigten Hinweise auf egozentrische Normübernahme: Sie …
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Luck or rights? : an experiment on preferences for redistribution following inheritance of opportunity
Lekfuangfu, Warn N.; Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Riyanto, … - 2022
We experimentally investigate whether people generally perceive inheritance as effort-induced or luck-induced. By randomly matched two strangers in a lab setting, we test whether the sources of opportunity handed down from the 'testator' subjects determines later redistributive decisions among...
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Guilt aversion and redistributive politics : a moral intuitionist approach
Le Garrec, Gilles - 2013
show that people do care about fairness in their demand for redistribution. In this article, in the spirit of the "new …
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The tragedy (or virtue?) of in-kind redistribution: How the poor pays for the rich's status concerns
Schumacher, Jan - 2008
The model describes a two person economy, in which one individual with positive exogenous income is altruist towards an individual with no income. The rich individual cares for her own social status. She evaluates her status by comparing disposable net cash incomes. When deciding on the size and...
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Why does the amount of income redistribution differ between United States and Europe? The Janus face of Switzerland
Akkoyunlu, Sule; Neustadt, Ilja; Zweifel, Peter - 2009
In this paper, the amount of income redistribution in the United States, the European Union, and Switzerland is compared and empirically related to economic, political, and behavioral determinants elaborated in the literature. Lying in between the two poles, Switzerland provides unique evidence...
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Why does the amount of income redistribution differ between the United States and Europe? The Janus face of Switzerland
Akkoyunlu, Sule; Neustadt, Ilja; Zweifel, Peter - 2009
In this paper, the amount of income redistribution in the United States, the European Union, and Switzerland is compared and empirically related to economic, political, and behavioral determinants elaborated in the literature. Lying in between the two poles, Switzerland provides unique evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285835
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Income inequality and social preferences for redistribution and compensation differentials
Kerr, William R. - 2013
In cross-sectional studies, countries with greater income inequality typically exhibit less support for government-led redistribution and greater acceptance of wage inequality (e.g., United States versus Western Europe). If individual nations evolve along this pattern, a vicious cycle could form...
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