Abstract
Engelmann and Strobel (AER 2004) question the relevance of inequity aversion in simple dictator game experiments claiming that a combination of a preference for efficiency and a Rawlsian motive for helping the least well-off is more important than inequity aversion. We show that these results are partly based on a strong subject pool effect. The participants of the E&S experiments were undergraduate students of economics and business administration who self-selected into their field of study (economics) and learned in the first semester that efficiency is desirable. We show that for non-economists the preference for efficiency is much less pronounced. We also find a non-negligible gender effect indicating that women are more egalitarian than men. However, perhaps surprisingly, the dominance of equality over efficiency is unrelated to political attitudes.
Dokumententyp: | Paper |
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Keywords: | Social Preferences; Inequity Aversion; Efficiency Preferences |
Fakultät: | Volkswirtschaft
Volkswirtschaft > Munich Discussion Papers in Economics Volkswirtschaft > Munich Discussion Papers in Economics > Verhaltenswissenschaftliche Ökonomik Volkswirtschaft > Munich Discussion Papers in Economics > Spieltheorie Volkswirtschaft > Lehrstühle > Seminar für Wirtschaftstheorie |
Themengebiete: | 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 300 Sozialwissenschaft, Soziologie
300 Sozialwissenschaften > 330 Wirtschaft |
JEL Classification: | C7, C91, C92, D63, D64 |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-725-8 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Dokumenten ID: | 725 |
Datum der Veröffentlichung auf Open Access LMU: | 13. Nov. 2005 |
Letzte Änderungen: | 04. Nov. 2020, 18:25 |