Revealed Distributional Preferences: Individuals vs. Teams

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We compare experimentally the revealed distributional preferences of individuals and teams in allocation tasks. We find that teams are significantly more benevolent than individuals in the domain of disadvantageous inequality while the benevolence in the domain of advantageous inequality is similar across decision makers. A consequence for the frequency of preference types is that while a substantial fraction of individuals is classified as inequality averse, this type disappears completely in teams. Spiteful types are markedly more frequent among individuals than among teams. On the other hand, by far more teams than individuals are classified as efficiency lovers.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Munich Discussion Paper ; No. 2013-7

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual ; Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Group Behavior ; Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement ; Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
• Subject: Distributional Preferences ; Social Preferences ; Team Decisions ; Individual Decisions ; Stability of Preferences ; Behavioral Economics ; Experimental Economics

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Balafoutas, Loukas ; Kerschbamer, Rudolf ; Kocher, Martin G. ; Sutter, Matthias
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät
• (where): München
• (when): 2013

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.5282/ubm/epub.15728
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/104389
• URN: urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-15728-3
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET