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earnings of others and why the income of others influences reported happiness. We test these models in a novel experimental … generally the same in both treatments, in line with rule-based social preference models, like procedural fairness. …
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This study attempts to combine two traditional fields in microeconomics: individual decision making under risk and decision making in an interpersonal context. The influence of social comparison on risky choices is explored in an experiment in which participants make a series of choices between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325900
earnings of others and why the income of others influences reported happiness. We test these models in a novel experimental … generally the same in both treatments, in line with rule-based social preference models, like procedural fairness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112999
In Becker et al. (2013a,b), we proposed a theory to explain giving behaviour in dictator experiments by a combination of selfishness and a notion of justice. The theory was tested using dictator, social planner, and veil of ignorance experiments. Here we analyse gender differences in preferences...
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We propose an instrument to measure individuals' social preferences regarding equity and efficiency behind a veil of … whether the wealth distribution choice exhibits equity or efficiency preferring tastes. We report experiments using a within …-subject design testing the veracity of this instrument. We find clusters of equity preferring, efficiency preferring, and socially …
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Meritocratic fairness justifies inequality when it stems from performance. Yet performance is influenced by one …'s genetics. I investigate whether individuals' redistribution preferences are affected by their beliefs about genetics' role in … study highlights that individuals' redistribution preferences are affected by their beliefs about genetics' role in …
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This paper studies behavior in experiments with a linear voluntary contributions mechanism for public goods conducted in Japan, the Netherlands, Spain and the USA. The same experimental design was used in the four countries. Our 'contribution function' design allows us to obtain a view of...
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This study attempts to combine two traditional fields in microeconomics: individual decision making under risk and decision making in an interpersonal context. The influence of social comparison on risky choices is explored in an experiment in which participants make a series of choices between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014201101
Theoretical research on claims problems has concentrated on normative properties and axiomatizations of solution concepts. We complement these analyses by empirical evidence on the predictability of three classical solution concepts in a bankruptcy problem. We examine both people's impartial...
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We estimate responsibility-sensitive welfare weights for health that facilitate inequalityand inequity-sensitive policy evaluation. In a UK general population sample, 569 online experiment participants distribute constrained resources to determine the health of hypothetical individuals...
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