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Perfect competition in A.-R.-J. Turgot: A contractualist theory of just exchange
Menudo, José Manuel - 2010
This paper analyses one of Turgot's first economic essays, Plan d'un ouvrage sur le commerce, la circulation et l'intérêt de l'argent, la richesse des états (1753-4). Written prior to the appearance of physiocratic influence, it is Turgot's contribution to the movement of writing that bubbled...
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Linking taxation and social protection: Evidence on redistribution and poverty reduction in Ethiopia
Hirvonen, Kalle; Mascagni, Giulia; Roelen, Keetie - 2016
The reduction of poverty, and more recently inequality, are pressing concerns in many low- and middle-income countries, not in the least as a result of the Sustainable Development Goals committing countries to significant improvements by 2030. Redistribution is important for reaching these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653923
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Efficiency and voluntary redistribution under inequality
Aoyagi, Masaki; Nishimura, Naoko; Okano, Yoshitaka - 2017
efficiency and equity of the final outcome. Furthermore, these tendencies are stronger when the two players have conflicting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012013663
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On Equity and Public Pricing in Developing Countries
Mohn, Klaus - 1994
With address to developing countries, this paper derives some formulae for the optimal price structure for publicly provided private goods. A general equilibrium model is examined, which makes it possible to incorporate features like distributional social objectives and public profit constraints...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011967895
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Distributive fairness in an intercultural ultimatum game
Georg, Sebastian; Güth, Werner; Walkowitz, Gari; … - 2008
Does geographic or (perceived) social distance between subjects significantly affect proposer and responder behavior in ultimatum bargaining? To answer this question, subjects once play an ultimatum game with three players (proposer, responder, and dummy player) and asymmetric information (only...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263869
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Gift exchange and workers' fairness concerns: when equality is unfair
Abeler, Johannes; Altmann, Steffen; Kube, Sebastian; … - 2009
high efforts. The treatment difference instead seems to be driven by the fact that the norm of equity is violated far more … frequently in the equal wage treatment. After having suffered from violations of the equity principle, agents withdraw effort … that adherence to the norm of equity is a necessary prerequisite for successful establishment of gift-exchange relations. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269195
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Equity as a prerequisite for stable cooperation in a public-good economy: The core revisited
Buchholz, Wolfgang; Peters, Wolfgang - 2010
. Distributional equity of the individual burdens of public-good contribution is assessed by a specific sacrifice measure (the 'Moulin …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270530
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Treating Equals Unequally - Incentives in Teams, Workers' Motivation and Production Technology
Goerg, Sebastian J.; Kube, Sebastian; Zultan, Ro'i - 2007
The importance of fair and equal treatment of workers is at the heart of the debate in organizational management. In this regard, we study how reward mechanisms and production technologies affect effort provision in teams. Our experimental results demonstrate that unequal rewards can potentially...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274004
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Treating equals unequally: incentives in teams, workers' motivation and production technology
Goerg, Sebastian J.; Kube, Sebastian; Zultan, Ro'i - 2009
The importance of fair and equal treatment of workers is at the heart of the debate in organizational management. In this regard, we study how reward mechanisms and production technologies affect effort provision in teams. Our experimental results demonstrate that unequal rewards can potentially...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274018
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Gift exchange and workers' fairness concerns: When equality is unfair
Abeler, Johannes; Altmann, Steffen; Kube, Sebastian; … - 2009
high efforts. The treatment difference instead seems to be driven by the fact that the norm of equity is violated far more … frequently in the equal wage treatment. After having suffered from violations of the equity principle, agents withdraw effort … that adherence to the norm of equity is a necessary prerequisite for successful establishment of gift-exchange relations. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277484