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Your place in the world relative income and global inequality
Fehr, Dietmar; Mollerstrom, Johanna; Perez-Truglia, Ricardo - 2021
There is abundant evidence on individual preferences for policies that reduce national inequality, but only little evidence on preferences for policies addressing global inequality. To investigate the latter, we conduct a two-year, face-to-face survey experiment on a representative sample of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012507321
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When foul play seems fair : dishonesty as a response to violations of just deserts
Kline, Reuben; Galeotti, Fabio; Orsini, Raimondello - 2014
We investigate the norm of just deserts and its effect on honesty. Just deserts is an essential norm in a market society, and honesty is an important factor in economic and social exchange. In particular, we analyze what happens when the social distributive rules betray the reasonable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011729119
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The Social Cost of Carbon and Inequality : When Local Redistribution Shapes Global Carbon Prices
Kornek, Ulrike - 2019
The social cost of carbon is the central economic measure for aggregate climate change damages and functions as a metric for optimal carbon prices. Previous literature shows that inequality significantly influences the level of the social cost of carbon, but mostly neglects a major source of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870643
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The social cost of carbon and inequality : when local redistribution shapes global carbon prices
Kornek, Ulrike; Klenert, David; Edenhofer, Ottmar; … - 2019
The social cost of carbon is the central economic measure for aggregate climate change damages and functions as a metric for optimal carbon prices. Previous literature shows that inequality significantly influences the level of the social cost of carbon, but mostly neglects a major source of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012002880
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Why do preferences for redistribution differ across countries? : an experimental analysis
Grimalda, Gianluca; Farina, Francesco; Conte, Anna; … - 2022
We provide an experimental test of theories to explain differences in redistribution preferences across countries. We … involved participants in standardized situations of redistribution in four Western countries, varying the relevance of self …-interest and uncertainty over initial earnings. Demand for redistribution is, on average, lower in the US and Italy than in Norway …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013336228
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Why do preferences for redistribution differ across countries? : an experimental analysis
Grimalda, Gianluca; Farina, Francesco; Conte, Anna; … - 2022 - This draft: January 2023
We test for different theories purporting to explain cross-country differences in income redistribution through … standardized experimental choices. US Americans and Italians demand less redistribution than Norwegians and Germans, regardless of … overconfidence by US Americans and Italians further reduces their demand for redistribution under uncertainty. The "Prospect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013488838
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Your Place in the World - Relative Income and Global Inequality
Fehr, Dietmar; Mollerstrom, Johanna; Perez-Truglia, Ricardo - 2021
There is abundant evidence on individual preferences for policies that reduce national inequality, but only little evidence on preferences for policies addressing global inequality. To investigate the latter, we conduct a two-year, face-to-face survey experiment on a representative sample of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013231987
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Your Place in the World : The Demand for National and Global Redistribution
Fehr, Dietmar - 2020
redistribution of resources within a given country (national redistribution) and between countries (global redistribution …). Nevertheless, theories and evidence on preferences for redistribution have focused almost exclusively on national redistribution …. In this paper, we study preferences for global redistribution. The workhorse model in political economy predicts that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012846318
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Relationship of gender differences in preferences to economic development and gender equality
Falk, Armin; Hermle, Johannes - 2018
Preferences - concerning time, risk and social interactions - systematically shape human behavior, and contribute to differential economic and social outcomes between the genders. Here, we present a global investigation of gender differences in six fundamental preferences. Our data consist of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011959917
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Meritocracy as a WEIRD phenomenon: fairness reasoning and redistributive preferences across the world
Huang, Yuchen; Mo, Zhexun - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014290374