A little fairness may induce a lot of redistribution in democracy

Autor(en)

Rupert Sausgruber, Jean-Robert Tyran

Abstrakt

We use a model of self-centered inequality aversion suggested by Fehr and Schmidt (Quart. J. Econom. 114 (3) (1999) 817) to study voting on redistribution. We theoretically identify two classes of conditions when an empirically plausible amount of fairness preferences induces redistribution through referenda. We test the predictions of the adapted inequality aversion model in a simple redistribution experiment and find that it predicts voting outcomes far better than the standard model of voting assuming rationality and strict self-interest.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wiener Zentrum für Experimentelle Wirtschaftsforschung

Externe Organisation(en)

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (WU)

Journal

European Economic Review

Band

50

Seiten

469-485

Anzahl der Seiten

17

ISSN

0014-2921

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2004.09.014

Publikationsdatum

2006

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

502045 Verhaltensökonomie, 502024 Öffentliche Wirtschaft

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