Preferences for redistribution

F Mengel, E Weidenholzer - Journal of Economic Surveys, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We survey the literature on preferences for redistribution. We discuss different ways the
literature has measured these preferences and review literature on the different …

Meritocracy and Inequality in South Africa: Understanding Changes in Beliefs and their Influence on Demand for Redistribution

F Kirsten, M Biyase - Sociological Inquiry, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In light of rising global inequality, public concerns for inequality have been declining. This
paradox of inequality has been explained by the rise in meritocratic beliefs in some …

Compromising to share the revenues from broadcasting sports leagues

G Bergantiños, JD Moreno-Ternero - Journal of Economic Behavior & …, 2021 - Elsevier
We study the problem of sharing the revenues raised from the collective sale of broadcasting
rights for sports leagues. We characterize the sharing rules satisfying three basic and …

Repeated shocks and preferences for redistribution

G Gualtieri, M Nicolini, F Sabatini - Journal of Economic Behavior & …, 2019 - Elsevier
A society that believes wealth to be determined by random “luck”, rather than by merit,
demands more redistribution. We present evidence of this behavior by exploiting a natural …

Perceptions of inequality and social mobility in Mexico

RM Campos-Vazquez, A Krozer, AA Ramírez-Álvarez… - World Development, 2022 - Elsevier
Using new survey and experimental data, we investigate how perceptions about inequality
and social mobility affect preferences for redistribution in Mexico. In addition to the perceived …

Impacts of CEO-employee pay disparity on investor behavior and market dynamics: Evidence from laboratory asset markets

X Yang, J Wang, S Chen - China Economic Review, 2024 - Elsevier
This study explores the impacts of CEO-to-employee pay disparity on investor behavior and
market dynamics using an experimental methodology. We employed two laboratory asset …

[HTML][HTML] Coordinated selection of collective action: Wealthy-interest bias and inequality

L Corazzini, CS Cotton, E Longo, T Reggiani - Journal of Public Economics, 2024 - Elsevier
We extend a collective action problem to study policy and project selection by
heterogeneous groups who prefer to work together on a joint initiative but may disagree on …

[HTML][HTML] Inequality, social mobility and redistributive preferences

I Günther, B Martorano - Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2025 - Elsevier
In an online experiment, we provide US citizens with information on both inequality of
outcomes and opportunities and test the impact on preferences for redistribution. Information …

Equal opportunities for all? How income redistribution promotes support for economic inclusion

I Reindl, JR Tyran - Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021 - Elsevier
We experimentally investigate how income redistribution shapes support for economic
inclusion, ie, a policy that creates equality of opportunity for income generation. We study a …

Theoretical models of inequality: Examples from rational choice theory and behavioural economics

KA Puzon, R Gisselquist - International Social Science Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Using illustrations from research on inequality, this essay makes a case for 'behavioural
synthesis', that is the reconciliation between neo‐classical and behavioural economics …