| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP14811 |
| DP14811 Lords and Vassals: Power, Patronage, and the Emergence of Inequality | |
| Robert Akerlof; Hongyi Li; Jonathan Yeo | |
| 发表日期 | 2020-05-25 |
| 出版年 | 2020 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | This paper uses a laboratory experiment to study competitions for power—and the role of patronage in such competitions. We construct and analyze a new game—the “chicken-and-egg game”—in which chickens correspond to positions of power and eggs are the game's currency. We find that power tends to accumulate, through a “power begets power” dynamic, in the hands of “lords.” Other subjects behave like their vassals in the sense that they take lords’ handouts rather than compete against them. We observe substantial wealth inequality as well as power inequality. There are also striking gender differences in outcomes—particularly in rates of lordship. In a second treatment, where we eliminate patronage by knocking out the ability to transfer eggs, inequality is vastly reduced and the “power begets power” dynamic disappears. |
| 主题 | Development Economics |
| 关键词 | Power Patronage Inequality Institutions Gender differences |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp14811 |
| 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/543743 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Robert Akerlof,Hongyi Li,Jonathan Yeo. DP14811 Lords and Vassals: Power, Patronage, and the Emergence of Inequality. 2020. |
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