We explore the impact of the self-serving bias on the supply and demand for redistribution. We present results from an … experiment in which participants decide on redistribution after performing a real effort task. Dependent on individual … external factors. Participants take two redistribution decisions. First, they choose a supply of redistribution in a situation …

This paper uses a laboratory experiment to explore individuals' motivations for redistribution. The laboratory results … show that as income uncertainty diminishes, participants become more extreme in their preferences for redistribution. The … findings suggest that for most people, the motivation for redistribution is financial self-interest - namely as insurance …