investigate whether this difference in tolerating inequality is amplified by suspicious success - achievements that may arise from … cheating. Using a laboratory experiment, I exogenously vary cheating opportunities for stakeholders who work on a real effort … to different views on whether to accept inequality. Left-wing spectators substantially reduce inequality when cheating is …

, but previously understudied, situation where there is uncertainty about whether inequality is reflecting performance or … uncertainty about the source of inequality provides a strong egalitarian pull on the behavior of meritocrats. In addition, the …

societies occupy top positions in inequality rankings, redistribution levels tend to be lower. We combine survey and … inequality, focusing on two channels, fairness views and communication. First, we confirm the finding that inequality resulting … from differences in merit is more accepted than inequality due to luck or factors outside of individual control. We also …

generating performance inequality. In an incentivized online experiment, impartial spectators can redistribute the earnings that …Meritocratic fairness justifies inequality when it stems from performance. Yet performance is influenced by one … generating performance inequality. …