Across the social sciences researchers have debated the impact income inequality has on people's perceptions, specifically on attribution and social trust. Causal identification of such effects, however, has been difficult for a variety of reasons. In this paper we use a combination of surveys...

We perform a controlled experiment to study the welfare effects of competition in a strategic communication environment. Two equally informed senders with conflicting interests can misreport information at a cost. We compare a treatment where only one sender communicates to a treatment where...

We perform a controlled experiment to study the welfare effects of competition in a strategic communication environment. Two equally informed senders with conflicting interests can misreport information at a cost. We compare a treatment where only one sender communicates to a treatment where...