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Balafoutas, Loukas; Kocher, Martin G.; Putterman, Louis und Sutter, Matthias (Mai 2013): Equality, Equity and Incentives: An Experiment. In: European Economic Review, Bd. 60: S. 32-51

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Abstract

We study a fundamental conflict in economic decision-making, the trade-off between equality, equity and incentives, in a new experimental game that nests a voluntary contributions mechanism in a broader spectrum of incentive schemes. In a 2×2 design, we let subjects either vote on or exogenously encounter incentive settings while assigned unequal endowments are either task-determined or random. We find that earned endowments lead to less support for redistribution and less cooperation. Subjects' voting is influenced by egalitarian and equity concerns, in addition to self-interest. Cooperation rates respond rather continuously to incentives.

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