Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
Working Papers in Economics,
University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics
No 210: Would The Right Social Preference Model Please Stand Up!
Dinky Daruvala ()
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Dinky Daruvala: Karlstad University, Postal: SE-651 88 Karlstad
Abstract: A number of competing social preference models have been developed inspired by the evidence from economic experiments. We test the relative performance of some of these models using an experimental design that is aimed at capturing pure distributional concerns in a multi-person setting. We find that the individuals in this study are heterogeneous and that they do not follow any single notion of fairness or inequality aversion. In addition, the results suggest that efficiency concerns are not confined to students of economics but are important to students of all disciplines.
Keywords: Difference Aversion; Efficiency; Inequality Aversion; Maximin Criterion; Social Preferences
21 pages, August 14, 2006
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