We conduct a laboratory experiment to study how demand for redistribution of income depends on self-interest, insurance … is affected by redistribution. We estimate utility weights for the different sources of demand for redistribution, with …

importance of fairness preferences, risk aversion, and self-interest in determining support for redistribution by conducting a … laboratory experiment that includes both elements not previously found together and novel features. Our design permits within … redistribution and the level of redistribution that maximizes additive social welfare. Most of our subjects prefer that there be less …

circumstances. In an experiment, US participants judge how much money workers deserve for the effort they exert. Unequal …

In this paper we explore how individual social preferences correlate with political support for redistribution. We ran … an incentivized experiment with a large representative sample of the Spanish population. Our participants took six … political support for distributive policies. The main correlates for support of redistribution are the beliefs concerning the …

In determining the optimal redistribution of a given population's income, we ask which factor is more important: the … convex combination of (absolute) income and low relative income. Assuming that the redistribution comes at a cost (because …

In determining the optimal redistribution of a given population's income, we ask which factor is more important: the … convex combination of (absolute) income and low relative income. Assuming that the redistribution comes at a cost (because …

voluntarily supplied public goods; specifically, we show that not only an income inequality-raising redistribution policy but also … allowed, an inequality-raising redistribution policy is no longer effective and leaves social welfare unchanged …