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Social Position and Distributive Justice: Experimental Evidence

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Kurtis Swope () (Department of Economics, United States Naval Academy)
John Cadigan () (Department of Public Administration, American University)
Pamela Schmitt (Department of Economics, United States Naval Academy)
Robert S. Shupp () (Department of Economics, Ball State University)

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In a simple double-blind dictator experiment, systematically removing subjects’ levels of power and entitlement increases their choice of an income distribution generally consistent with Rawls (1971) concept of distributive justice, although choices are less unanimous and risk-averse than hypothesized

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Paper provided by Ball State University, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers with number 200505.

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Date of creation: Jun 2005
Date of revision: Jun 2005
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Keywords: Power; entitlement; justice; experiments;

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C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution

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