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Can't Touch This! Similarity And The Willingness to Keep "Dirty Money"
Johnson, David; Goerg, Sebastian; Rogers, Jonathan - Department of Economics, University of Calgary - 2014
Traditionally, allocations by dictators in Dictator Games (gifts) have been explained by aspects of altruism, reciprocity, and fairness. However, this assumes the gift to be desirable to the dictators and responder. Giving may also be driven by the source of the endowment. We examine this by...
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Endogenous Property Rights, Conflict Intensity And Inequality In Asymmetric Rent-Seeking Contest
Yarkin, Alexander M. - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2014
Does less inequality in wealth distribution imply better property rights protection? In this paper we show that this … conflict to peace stage (with no rent-seeking and fast growth) requires the reduction of inequality. This generates an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011098839
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Linking Conflict to Inequality and Polarization
Esteban, Joan; Ray, Debraj - Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, … - 2009
In this paper we study a behavioral model of conflict that provides a basis for choosing certain indices of dispersion as indicators for conflict. We show that the (equilibrium) level of conflict can be expressed as an (approximate) linear function of the Gini coefficient, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005572264
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Comparing the influence of conflict on the perceptions of rich and poor: Testing the hypothesis of Acemoglu and Robinson
Yamamura, Eiji - 2014
Conflict can cause negative externalities to arise, and this can result in economic loss. Such externalities are also thought to influence individuals' perceptions about economic issues. Acemoglu and Robinson (2000) provide their hypothesis that the political elite extend the franchise to avoid...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421469
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Does increasing inequality threaten social stability? Evidence from the lab
Barr, Abigail; Hochleitner, Anna; Sonderegger, Silvia - 2024
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 …
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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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Inequality, Ethnicity and Civil Conflict
Huber, John D.; Mayoral, Laura - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2013
Although economic inequality has long been viewed as a cause of civil conflict, existing research has not found robust … empirical support for this relationship. This study explores the connections between inequality and civil conflict by focusing … data set with country- and group-level measures of inequality within and across ethnic groups. We then show that consistent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851402
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SOCIAL COHESION: CONVERGING AND DIVERGING TRENDS
Green, Andy; Janmaat, Germ; Cheng, Helen - In: National Institute Economic Review 215 (2011) 1, pp. 6-6
Social theorists frequently argue that social cohesion is under threat in developed societies from the multiple pressures of globalisation. This article seeks to test this hypothesis through examining the trends across countries and regions in key indicators of social cohesion, including social...
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Cumulative Effect of Inequality : A Computational Study of Conflict Models
Takeuchi, Kan - Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University - 2010
This paper examines the relationship between inequality and economic growth using conflict models and computational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694463
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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