Social Preference, Institution, and Distribution : An Experimental and Philosophical Approach

Preface -- I. Introduction: What Experiments Can Do in the History of Economic Thought? : From Adam Smith to Vernon Smith -- II. Fairness Ideals, Hidden Selfishness and Opportunistic Behavior: Experimental Approach -- III. What is ‘Fair’ Distribution under Collaboration? : Evidences from Lab-Experiments -- IV. Income Sharing between Workers and Investors: Experiments on Functional Income Distribution -- V. Socially Responsible Investment: Distribution among Investors, Enterprises, and Society -- VI. From Micro-Analysis to Social Theory: Wieser's Gedankenexperiment and Social Economics -- VII. Conclusion: From Empirical Behavioral Theory to Evolutionary Theory of Institution -- Appendix.