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来源类型 | Discussion paper |
规范类型 | 论文 |
来源ID | DP6425 |
DP6425 Class Size and Sorting in Market Equilibrium: Theory and Evidence | |
Eric A Verhoogen; Miguel Urquiola | |
发表日期 | 2007-08-10 |
出版年 | 2007 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | We design an experiment to study the effects of social identity on preferences over redistribution. The experiment highlights the trade-off between social identity concerns and maximization of monetary payoffs. Subjects belonging to two distinct natural groups are randomly assigned gross incomes and vote over alternative redistributive tax regimes, where the regime is chosen by majority rule. We find that a significant subset of the subjects systematically deviate from monetary payoff maximization towards the tax rate that benefits their group when the monetary cost of doing so is not significantly high. These deviations cannot be explained by efficiency concerns, inequality aversion, reciprocity, social learning or conformity. Finally, we show that behaviour in the lab helps explain the relationship between reported income and stated preferences over redistribution observed in surveys. |
主题 | Public Economics |
关键词 | Experimental economics Income redistribution Social identity Social preferences |
URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp6425 |
来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/535262 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Eric A Verhoogen,Miguel Urquiola. DP6425 Class Size and Sorting in Market Equilibrium: Theory and Evidence. 2007. |
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