Is increasing inequality harmful? Experimental evidence

DOI10.1016/j.geb.2017.11.001zbMath1393.91030OpenAlexW2397065121MaRDI QIDQ1691354

Dietmar Fehr

Publication date: 16 January 2018

Published in: Games and Economic Behavior (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/130250

zbMATH Keywords

fairnessinequalitymoney burningprocedural concerns

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental studies (91A90) Welfare economics (91B15)

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Uses Software

• Z-Tree
• ORSEE

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