| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 247 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Research on economic inequality,
1049-2085 ;
v. 11
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Research on economic inequality ; v. 11.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Why do people violate the transfer principle? : evidence from educational sample surveys / Yoram Amiel, Frank Cowell and Dan Slottje -- Efficiency, equity and democracy : experimental evidence on Okun's leaky bucket / Steven R. Beckman, John P. Formby and W. James Smith -- How manipulable are fairness perceptions? : the effect of additional alternatives / Yoella Bereby-Meyer and Brit Grosskopf -- An experimental analysis of social mobility comparisons / Michele Bernasconi and Valentino Dardanoni -- Social welfare, the veil of ignorance, and purely individual risk : an empirical examination / Kristof Bosmans and Erik Schokkaert -- An experimental study of the POUM hypothesis / Daniele Checchi and Antonio Flippin -- On the attitude towards inequality / Liema Davidovitz and Yoram Kroll -- Approaching fair behavior : distributional and reciprocal preferences / Alexander Kritikos and Friedel Bolle -- Fairness-based altruism and redistribution : an experimental approach / Luigi Mittone -- Inequality and procedural fairness in a money-burning and stealing experiment / Daniel John Zizzo. |
| Summary |
The emerging literature on experimental methods in connection with economic inequality has shed fresh light on how to think about inequality, how important issues of equality are in comparison with other economic objectives and how individuals incorporate criteria of equality and fairness into their own decisions. This volume covers a wide range of topics in the field of income distribution and extends the approach to related issues such as mobility and attitudes to risk. The selection of papers includes both participatory experiments - where individuals respond to economic incentives - and que. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Income distribution.
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Income distribution. |
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Welfare economics.
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Welfare economics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Aufsatzsammlung.
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| Added Author |
Cowell, Frank A. (Frank Alan)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Inequality, welfare and income distribution. 1st ed. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier JAI, 2004 0762311134 (OCoLC)56395135 |
| ISBN |
9780080473024 (electronic book) |
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0080473024 (electronic book) |
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9781849502764 (electronic book) |
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1849502765 (electronic book) |
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0762311134 |
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9780762311132 |
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