Inequality, welfare and income distribution : experimental approaches /

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Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier JAI, 2004.
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 247 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Research on economic inequality, 1049-2085 ; v. 11 Research on economic inequality ; v. 11.
Subject:	Income distribution. Welfare economics. Income distribution. Welfare economics. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11152520

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Other authors / contributors:	Cowell, Frank A. (Frank Alan)
ISBN:	9780080473024 0080473024 9781849502764 1849502765 0762311134 9780762311132
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Inequality, welfare and income distribution. 1st ed. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier JAI, 2004 0762311134

Table of 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.

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