Showing 1 - 10 of 4,622
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/10011758000
of fairness toward the price mechanism, whereas non-economists did not exhibit significant sensitivity. This sensitivity … fairness. The latter reflects equal treatment in terms of general perceptions, thus this could be interpreted as an increased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010379898
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
statistical tests for fairness within well-defined income distribution generating processes and a well specified notion of … fairness. We find that the likelihood ratio (LR) test for fairness versus unfairness within two such processes are proportional … their values differently – to compare them to critical values for a test of the null hypothesis of fairness, or to use them …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011641764
We argue that economics – as the scientific method of analyzing trade-offs – can be helpful (and may even be indispensable) for assessing the trade-off between intergenerational and intragenerational justice. Economic analysis can delineate the “opportunity set” of politics with respect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009356137
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/10003031484
This paper explores the problem of envy (“sadness at another's good”) from both theological and economic perspectives. The theological analysis helps show why envy is a perennial feature of human existence and an ongoing problem for ordered and flourishing social life. The economic analysis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013036417
A popular sentiment is that fairness is inexorably subjective and incapable of being determined by objective standards …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012730263
fairness - insofar as they do not directly contribute to individual welfare - should be eschewed as a basis for policy … process rooted in the notions of fairness and equality appears to be at odds with. But is it? In this essay we seek to make a … remedy the inefficiency in such cases; alas, judicial decisionmaking is notoriously mired in fairness-based analysis, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014058485
Recent models of economic fairness assume that at least some people are motivated to reduce economic differences … concern for fairness extends beyond egocentric comparisons of economic distributions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014064469