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Long-tailed macaques: an unfairness model for humans
Communicative & Integrative Biology, 2022 The current study was designed to predict why human primates often behave unfairly (equity aversion) by not exhibiting equity preference (the ability to equally distribute outcomes 1:1 among participants).
Dwi Atmoko Agung Nugroho +4 more
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Heterogeneity, Inequity Aversion, and Group Performance. [PDF]
Soc Choice Welfare, 2016 We investigate the effects of inequality in wealth on the incentives to contribute to a group output when agents are inequity averse and may differ in ability. We show that equality may lead to a reduction of contributions below levels generated by purely selfish agents.
Kölle F, Sliwka D, Zhou N.
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Inequality aversion, health inequalities and health achievement [PDF]
Journal of Health Economics, 2002 This paper addresses two issues. The first is how health inequalities can be measured in such a way as to take into account policymakers' attitudes towards inequality. The Gini coefficient and the related concentration index embody one particular set of value judgements.
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There is no joy like malicious joy: schadenfreude in young children. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Human emotions are strongly shaped by the tendency to compare the relative state of oneself to others. Although social comparison based emotions such as jealousy and schadenfreude (pleasure in the other misfortune) are important social emotions, little ...
Simone G Shamay-Tsoory +2 more
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Inequality averse collective choice [PDF]
Journal of Mathematical Economics, 1998 Let \(\Sigma_{n}\) be the class of all compact comprehensive and convex sets in \(\mathbb{R}^{n}_{+}\). The main result in this paper is the following theorem: If \(F\) is a solution concept defined on \(\Sigma_{n}\) which satisfies LPO (Lorentz Pareto Optimality), SARP (Strong Axiom of Revealed Preference) and PC (Pareto Continuity), then it must be ...
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Inequality Aversion and Risk Attitudes [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2010 Using self reported measures of life satisfaction and risk attitudes, we empirically test whether there is a relationship between individuals inequality and risk aversion. The empirical analysis uses the German SOEP household panel for the years 1997 to 2007 to conclude that the negative effect of inequality measured by the sample gini coefficient by ...
Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Xavier Ramos
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On Inequity Aversion - A Reply to Binmore and Shaked [PDF]
, 2009 In this paper we reply to Binmore and Shaked’s criticism of the Fehr-Schmidt model of inequity aversion. We put the theory and their arguments into perspective and show that their criticism is not substantiated.
Fehr, Ernst, Schmidt, Klaus M.
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Inequality aversion and voting on redistribution [PDF]
European Economic Review, 2011 Some people have a concern for a fair distribution of incomes while others do not. Does such a concern matter for majority voting on redistribution? Fairness preferences are relevant for redistribution outcomes only if fair-minded voters are pivotal. Pivotality, in turn, depends on the structure of income classes.
Höchtl, Wolfgang +2 more
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Inequality aversion and risk aversion [PDF]
Journal of Economic Theory, 2012 Published - sswp1300 ...
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Intragenerational inequality aversion and intergenerational equity [PDF]
European Economic Review, 2021 We study the interplay between intragenerational and intergenerational equity in an economy with two countries producing and consuming from national capital stocks. We characterize the sustainable development path that a social planner would implement to achieve intertemporal egalitarianism.
Martinet, Vincent +2 more
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