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Does increasing inequality threaten social stability? Evidence from the lab
Barr, Abigail; Hochleitner, Anna; Sonderegger, Silvia - 2023
In this paper we study the relationship between inequality and social instability. While the argument that inequality … the causal relationship running from inequality to instability. Specifically, we conduct a laboratory experiment. In the … comes at the cost of inter-group inequality. In the second half of the experiment, we vary the extent of the inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014480587
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Does increasing inequality threaten social stability? : evidence from the lab
Barr, Abigail; Hochleitner, Anna; Sonderegger, Silvia - 2023
In this paper we study the relationship between inequality and social instability. While the argument that inequality … the causal relationship running from inequality to instability. Specifically, we conduct a laboratory experiment. In the … comes at the cost of inter-group inequality. In the second half of the experiment, we vary the extent of the inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014444823
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Does increasing inequality threaten social stability? : evidence from the lab
Barr, Abigail; Hochleitner, Anna; Sonderegger, Silvia - 2024 - [Revised version of 2023-13]
We study the relationship between inequality and social instability. While the argument that inequality can be damaging … causal relationship running from inequality to social instability. We run a laboratory experiment in which two groups … interact repeatedly and have an incentive to coordinate even though coordination comes at the cost of inter-group inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014529307
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Does increasing inequality threaten social stability? : evidence from the lab
Barr, Abigail; Hochleitner, Anna; Sonderegger, Silvia - 2024
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014514225
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Pivotality and responsibility attribution in sequential voting
Bartling, Björn; Fischbacher, Urs; Schudy, Simeon - 2015
This paper analyzes responsibility attributions for outcomes of collective decision making processes. In particular, we ask if decision makers are blamed for being pivotal if they implement an unpopular outcome in a sequential voting process. We conduct an experimental voting game in which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011282471
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Pivotality and responsibility attribution in sequential voting
Bartling, Björn; Fischbacher, Urs; Schudy, Simeon - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2014
This paper analyzes responsibility attributions for outcomes of collective decision making processes. In particular, we ask if decision makers are blamed for being pivotal if they implement an unpopular outcome in a sequential voting process. We conduct an experimental voting game in which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272198
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Pivotality and responsibility attribution in sequential voting
Bartling, Björn; Fischbacher, Urs; Schudy, Simeon - 2015 - Revised version, April 2015
This paper analyzes responsibility attributions for outcomes of collective decision making processes. In particular, we ask if decision makers are blamed for being pivotal if they implement an unpopular outcome in a sequential voting process. We conduct an experimental voting game in which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010243444
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A subgroup decomposition of inequality of poverty in Cameroon
BILOA ESSIMI Jean Aristide, BEJA; CHAMENI NEMBUA … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper studies multi-dimensional aspects of deprivation associated to the living conditions and inequality status …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260937
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How do people trade off resources between quick and slow learners?
Falch, Ranveig - 2021
How society invests in human capital is important for economic growth and social welfare. The paper reports from the first experiment designed to elicit people's preferences for how to prioritize educational resources, where 2,000 Americans trade off educational resources between quick and slow...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012434975
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Inequity Aversion, Welfare Measurement and the Gini Index
Schmidt, Ulrich; Wichardt, Philipp Christoph - 2018
utilitarian social welfare function yields a simple welfare measure which comprises both GDP and income inequality as measured by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011872086