Publication: Beliefs about inequality and the nature of support for redistribution
Beliefs about inequality and the nature of support for redistribution
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Henkel, A., Fehr, E., Senn, J., & Epper, T. (2024). Beliefs about inequality and the nature of support for redistribution (No. 442; Working Paper Series / Department of Economics).
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Do beliefs about inequality depend on distributive preferences? What is the joint role of preferences and beliefs about inequality for support for redistribution? We study these questions in a staggered experiment with a representative sample of the Swiss population conducted in the context of a vote on a highly redistributive policy proposal. Our sample comprises a majority of inequality averse subjects, a sizeable group of altruistic subjects, and a minority of predominantly selfish subjects. Irrespective of preference types, indivi
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Henkel, A., Fehr, E., Senn, J., & Epper, T. (2024). Beliefs about inequality and the nature of support for redistribution (No. 442; Working Paper Series / Department of Economics).
