Inequality and procedural fairness in a money burning and stealing experiment

This paper presents the results of an experiment where an unequal wealth distribution was created and then subjects could act to change this wealth distribution. Subjects received money by betting and possibly by arbitrary (undeserved) gifts; they could then pay to reduce, redistribute and, in half...

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Main Author: Zizzo, D
Format: Working paper
Published: University of Oxford 2003