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Economists, political philosophers, and others have often characterized social preferences regarding inequality by imagining a hypothetical choice of distributions behind "a veil of ignorance". Recent behavioral economics work has shown that subjects care about equality of outcomes, and are willing to sacrifice, in experimental contexts, some amount of personal gain in order to achieve greater equality.
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- Theisen, Alexander Scott (Co-author)
- McMullin, Caitlin (Co-author)
- Li, Marilyn (Co-author)
- DeSerpa, Allan (Thesis director)
- Schlee, Edward (Committee member)
- Baldwin, Marjorie (Committee member)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
- Department of Economics (Contributor)
- School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (Contributor)
- Economics Program in CLAS (Contributor)
- School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies (Contributor)
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- 2014-05
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