Self-induced class stratification in competitive societies of agents: Nash stability in the presence of envy

Envy, the inclination to compare rewards, can be expected to unfold when inequalities in terms of pay-off differences are generated in competitive societies. It is shown that increasing levels of envy lead inevitably to a self-induced separation into a lower and an upper class. Class stratification...

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Main Author: Claudius Gros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2020-06-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.200411