Arbeitspapier

Strategic Choices for Redistribution and the Veil of Ignorance: Theory and Experimental Evidence

We provide experimental evidence on the emergence of redistributive societies. Individuals first vote on redistribution by feet and then learn their productivity and invest. We vary the individuals' information about their productivities at the time when they choose a distribution rule and find that there is more redistribution behind a veil of ignorance than under full information. However, the scope of redistribution is less sensitive towards the degree of uncertainty than predicted. For all degrees of uncertainty, we find a coexistence of libertarianism and redistribution as well as incomplete sorting, so that heterogeneous redistribution communities turn out to be sustainable.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 4423

Classification
Wirtschaft
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual
Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact
Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies; includes inheritance and gift taxes
Law and Economics: General
Subject
constitutional choice
experimental economics
redistribution
veil of ignorance
voting by feet

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Gerber, Anke
Nicklisch, Andreas
Voigt, Stefan
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(where)
Munich
(when)
2013

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Gerber, Anke
  • Nicklisch, Andreas
  • Voigt, Stefan
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Time of origin

  • 2013

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