considerations to explain the development or sustainability of these transfers. Such is the implicit ambition of efficiency theories … of the Welfare State. However, while these theories may be suited for explaining the development of public insurance or … explained by pure efficiency motives, but less than what would be predicted under the extended insurance hypothesis. One …

efficiency and equity of the final outcome. Furthermore, these tendencies are stronger when the two players have conflicting …

Elites disproportionately influence policymaking, yet little is known about their fairness and efficiency preferences … distributions than the average American, are highly sensitive to both merit-based inequality and efficiency costs of redistribution …

There is no consensus on how to measure social welfare and inequality when households have different needs. As we show …-order importance for social welfare, but generally plays a minor role in the measurement of inequality. To address this impasse, we … introduce partial compensation. Our axiomatic characterizations reveal novel families of welfare criteria and, with the …

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 …

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 …