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Working Papers
2025
- The talent paradox: why is it fair to reward talent but not luck?
ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich 
2024
- Fairness in a Society of Unequal Opportunities
Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper Series, CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition
Also in Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics (2024)
- Fairness in winner-take-all competitions
ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (8)
2023
- Cancel the deal? An experimental study on the exploitation of irrational consumers
Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics
- Experimental Evidence on the Acceptance of Males Falling Behind
Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics View citations (1)
- Free to Fail? Paternalistic Preferences in the United States
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
Also in Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics (2023) View citations (1)
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2023) View citations (1)
DICE Discussion Papers, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE) (2023) View citations (1)
CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2023) View citations (1)
ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich (2023) View citations (1)
- How Are Gender Norms Perceived?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (19)
Also in Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics (2023) View citations (19)
2022
- Acceptance of inequality between children: Large-Scale Experimental Evidence from China and Norway
Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics View citations (1)
- Fairness and limited information: Are people Bayesian meritocrats?
Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics View citations (5)
See also Journal Article Fairness and limited information: Are people Bayesian meritocrats?, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2024) (2024)
- Moral Universalism: Global Evidence
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2022) View citations (4)
- Universalism: Global Evidence
CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
2021
- Fairness and Willingness to Compete
Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics View citations (2)
2020
- Competitiveness, gender and handedness: a large- sample intercultural study
Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics View citations (1)
- Solidarity and Fairness in Times of Crisis
Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics View citations (3)
See also Journal Article Solidarity and fairness in times of crisis, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2021) View citations (43) (2021)
2019
- A Meritocratic Origin of Egalitarian Behavior
Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics View citations (8)
Also in Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (2019) View citations (8)
See also Journal Article A Meritocratic Origin of Egalitarian Behaviour, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2022) View citations (25) (2022)
- The Boy Crisis: Experimental Evidence on the Acceptance of Males Falling Behind
Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics View citations (11)
Also in Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2019) View citations (13)
2018
- Cooperation Creates Special Moral Obligations
CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2018)
- Fairness in Winner-Take-All Markets
CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (8)
Also in Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2018) View citations (8)
Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (2018) View citations (7)
Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics (2018) View citations (7)
- Second-best fairness under Limited information: The trade-off between false positives and false negatives
Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics View citations (8)
2017
- Cutthroat capitalism versus cuddly socialism: Are Americans more meritocratic and efficiency-seeking than Scandinavians?
Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group View citations (4)
Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2016) View citations (30)
See also Journal Article Cutthroat Capitalism versus Cuddly Socialism: Are Americans More Meritocratic and Efficiency-Seeking than Scandinavians?, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2020) View citations (213) (2020)
- Exercise Improves Academic Performance
Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics View citations (9)
- The Effect of Early Education on Social Preferences
Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (22)
Framed Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website (2016) View citations (21)
- The Merit Primacy Effect
Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group View citations (10)
See also Journal Article The Merit Primacy Effect, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2023) View citations (11) (2023)
- You've Got Mail: A Randomised Field Experiment on Tax Evasion
Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group View citations (14)
Also in Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics (2017) View citations (13)
2015
- Equity theory and fair inequality: a neuroeconomic study
Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics
- Fairness and family background
Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics
See also Journal Article Fairness and family background, Politics, Philosophy & Economics (2017) View citations (15) (2017)
- Fairness and the Development of Inequality Acceptance
Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics View citations (7)
- Fairness in bankruptcy situations: an experimental study
Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics View citations (4)
- Teaching through television: Experimental evidence on entrepreneurship education in Tanzania
Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics View citations (15)
See also Journal Article Teaching Through Television: Experimental Evidence on Entrepreneurship Education in Tanzania, Management Science, INFORMS (2020) View citations (18) (2020)
2014
- Fairness is Intuitive
Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations (6)
Also in Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics (2014) View citations (6)
See also Journal Article Fairness is intuitive, Experimental Economics, Springer (2016) View citations (38) (2016)
- Is There a Development Gap in Rationality?
Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics View citations (2)
- Leadership and incentives
Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics
Also in Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics (2013) View citations (1)
See also Journal Article Leadership and Incentives, Management Science, INFORMS (2016) View citations (17) (2016)
- Willingness to Compete: Family Matters
Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics View citations (12)
See also Journal Article Willingness to Compete: Family Matters, Management Science, INFORMS (2016) View citations (72) (2016)
2013
- Fair tax evasion
Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics View citations (7)
Also in Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics (2006) View citations (3)
See also Journal Article Fair Tax Evasion, Nordic Journal of Political Economy, Nordic Journal of Political Economy (2013) View citations (5) (2013)
2012
- Competition, cooperation, and collective choice
Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations (1)
- DO NON-ENFORCEABLE CONTRACTS MATTER? EVIDENCE FROM AN INTERNATIONAL LAB EXPERIMENT Department
Working Papers in Economics, University of Bergen, Department of Economics
- Do non-enforceable contracts matter? Evidence from an international lab experiment
Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics
See also Journal Article Do Non-Enforceable Contracts Matter? Evidence from an International Lab Experiment, Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (2014) View citations (1) (2014)
- Give and Take in Dictator Games
Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics View citations (4)
See also Journal Article Give and take in dictator games, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2013) View citations (56) (2013)
- Pension Funds, Sovereign-wealth Funds and Intergenerational Justice
Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics
- Tax policy and fair inequality
Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics View citations (3)
- When do we lie?
Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics
See also Journal Article When do we lie?, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2013) View citations (88) (2013)
2011
- Immoral criminals? An experimental study of social preferences among prisoners
Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics View citations (2)
- Social Preferences in the Lab: A Comparison of Students and a Representative Population
CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (9)
See also Journal Article Social Preferences in the Lab: A Comparison of Students and a Representative Population, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2015) View citations (86) (2015)
2010
- Efficiency, equality and reciprocity in social preferences: A comparison of students and a representative population
Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics View citations (12)
- Just Luck: An Experimental Study of Risk Taking and Fairness
Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics View citations (16)
Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2010) View citations (14)
See also Journal Article Just Luck: An Experimental Study of Risk-Taking and Fairness, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2013) View citations (332) (2013)
2008
- Rich Meets Poor - an International Fairness Experiment
CMI Working Papers, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway View citations (4)
Also in Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute (2008) View citations (4)
2005
- The Pluralism of Fairness Ideals: An Experimental Approach
CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (8)
See also Journal Article The Pluralism of Fairness Ideals: An Experimental Approach, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2007) View citations (555) (2007)
2004
- Globalisation, inequality and redistribution
University of Göttingen Working Papers in Economics, University of Goettingen, Department of Economics
Also in Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics (2004)
- Local autonomy and interregional equality
Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics
See also Journal Article Local autonomy and interregional equality, Social Choice and Welfare, Springer (2007) View citations (5) (2007)
- Rewarding effort
Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics
See also Journal Article Rewarding effort, Economic Theory, Springer (2009) View citations (6) (2009)
- The liberal egalitarian paradox
Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics
See also Journal Article A LIBERAL EGALITARIAN PARADOX*, Economics and Philosophy, Cambridge University Press (2006) View citations (10) (2006)
2003
- Decentralization and the Fate of Minorities
CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (2)
2001
- Income Distribution and Tax Competition
Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration-
2000
- Inequality, Segregation, and Redistribution
Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration- View citations (7)
See also Journal Article Inequality, segregation, and redistribution, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2003) View citations (18) (2003)
- Moral Theory and International Fiscal Law
Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration-
- Redistribution and the Size of Jurisdictions
Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration-
- Tax Treaties and the Marginal Cost of Funds
Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration-
Journal Articles
2024
- Fairness and limited information: Are people Bayesian meritocrats?
Journal of Public Economics, 2024, 233, (C)
See also Working Paper Fairness and limited information: Are people Bayesian meritocrats?, Discussion Paper Series in Economics (2022) View citations (5) (2022)
2023
- Second-Best Fairness: The Trade-off between False Positives and False Negatives
American Economic Review, 2023, 113, (9), 2458-85 View citations (4)
- The Merit Primacy Effect
The Economic Journal, 2023, 133, (651), 951-970 View citations (11)
See also Working Paper The Merit Primacy Effect, Working Papers (2017) View citations (10) (2017)
- The development gap in economic rationality of future elites
Games and Economic Behavior, 2023, 142, (C), 866-878 View citations (2)
2022
- A Meritocratic Origin of Egalitarian Behaviour
The Economic Journal, 2022, 132, (646), 2101-2117 View citations (25)
See also Working Paper A Meritocratic Origin of Egalitarian Behavior, Discussion Paper Series in Economics (2019) View citations (8) (2019)
- Choice and Personal Responsibility: What Is a Morally Relevant Choice?
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2022, 104, (5), 1110-1119 View citations (4)
- Global evidence on the selfish rich inequality hypothesis
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022, 119, (3), e2109690119 View citations (4)
2021
- Competitiveness, gender and handedness
Economics & Human Biology, 2021, 43, (C) View citations (3)
- Solidarity and fairness in times of crisis
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 186, (C), 1-11 View citations (43)
See also Working Paper Solidarity and Fairness in Times of Crisis, Discussion Paper Series in Economics (2020) View citations (3) (2020)
- Understanding the resource curse: A large-scale experiment on corruption in Tanzania
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 183, (C), 129-157 View citations (4)
2020
- Cutthroat Capitalism versus Cuddly Socialism: Are Americans More Meritocratic and Efficiency-Seeking than Scandinavians?
Journal of Political Economy, 2020, 128, (5), 1753 - 1788 View citations (213)
See also Working Paper Cutthroat capitalism versus cuddly socialism: Are Americans more meritocratic and efficiency-seeking than Scandinavians?, Working Papers (2017) View citations (4) (2017)
- Teaching Through Television: Experimental Evidence on Entrepreneurship Education in Tanzania
Management Science, 2020, 66, (6), 2308-2325 View citations (18)
See also Working Paper Teaching through television: Experimental evidence on entrepreneurship education in Tanzania, Discussion Paper Series in Economics (2015) View citations (15) (2015)
- The Effect of Early-Childhood Education on Social Preferences
Journal of Political Economy, 2020, 128, (7), 2739 - 2758 View citations (73)
2019
- Fairness in Bankruptcies: An Experimental Study
Management Science, 2019, 67, (6), 2832-2841 View citations (4)
2017
- Certification and socially responsible production
Economics of Governance, 2017, 18, (1), 71-84 View citations (2)
- Face-saving or fair-minded: What motivates moral behavior?
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2017, 15, (3), 540-557 View citations (47)
- Fairness and family background
Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 2017, 16, (2), 117-131 View citations (15)
See also Working Paper Fairness and family background, Discussion Paper Series in Economics (2015) (2015)
- Fairness and the proportionality principle
Social Choice and Welfare, 2017, 49, (3), 709-719 View citations (7)
2016
- Fairness is intuitive
Experimental Economics, 2016, 19, (4), 727-740 View citations (38)
See also Working Paper Fairness is Intuitive, Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (6) (2014)
- Just Luck: An Experimental Study of Risk-Taking and Fairness: Erratum
American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (2), 476-77
- Leadership and Incentives
Management Science, 2016, 62, (7), 1944-1953 View citations (17)
See also Working Paper Leadership and incentives, Discussion Paper Series in Economics (2014) (2014)
- What Explains the Gender Gap in College Track Dropout? Experimental and Administrative Evidence
American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (5), 296-302 View citations (50)
- Willingness to Compete: Family Matters
Management Science, 2016, 62, (8), 2149-2162 View citations (72)
See also Working Paper Willingness to Compete: Family Matters, Discussion Paper Series in Economics (2014) View citations (12) (2014)
2015
- Social Preferences in the Lab: A Comparison of Students and a Representative Population
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2015, 117, (4), 1306-1326 View citations (86)
See also Working Paper Social Preferences in the Lab: A Comparison of Students and a Representative Population, CESifo Working Paper Series (2011) View citations (9) (2011)
2014
- An experimental study of prosocial motivation among criminals
Experimental Economics, 2014, 17, (4), 501-511 View citations (5)
- Do Non-Enforceable Contracts Matter? Evidence from an International Lab Experiment
Review of Income and Wealth, 2014, 60, (1), 100-113 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper Do non-enforceable contracts matter? Evidence from an international lab experiment, Discussion Paper Series in Economics (2012) (2012)
2013
- Fair Tax Evasion
Nordic Journal of Political Economy, 2013, 38, 3 View citations (5)
See also Working Paper Fair tax evasion, Discussion Paper Series in Economics (2013) View citations (7) (2013)
- Give and take in dictator games
Economics Letters, 2013, 118, (2), 280-283 View citations (56)
See also Working Paper Give and Take in Dictator Games, Discussion Paper Series in Economics (2012) View citations (4) (2012)
- Just Luck: An Experimental Study of Risk-Taking and Fairness
American Economic Review, 2013, 103, (4), 1398-1413 View citations (332)
See also Working Paper Just Luck: An Experimental Study of Risk Taking and Fairness, Discussion Paper Series in Economics (2010) View citations (16) (2010)
- NEEDS VERSUS ENTITLEMENTS—AN INTERNATIONAL FAIRNESS EXPERIMENT
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11, (3), 574-598 View citations (62)
- When do we lie?
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2013, 93, (C), 258-265 View citations (88)
See also Working Paper When do we lie?, Discussion Paper Series in Economics (2012) (2012)
2011
- Distributive interdependencies in liberal egalitarianism
Social Choice and Welfare, 2011, 36, (1), 35-47 View citations (1)
- Measuring unfair (in)equality
Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (7-8), 488-499 View citations (66)
Also in Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (7), 488-499 (2011) View citations (34)
- The importance of moral reflection and self-reported data in a dictator game with production
Social Choice and Welfare, 2011, 36, (1), 105-120 View citations (20)
2010
- Disability compensation and responsibility
Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 2010, 9, (4), 411-427 View citations (2)
- Responsibility for what? Fairness and individual responsibility
European Economic Review, 2010, 54, (3), 429-441 View citations (169)
- The challenge of a rising skill premium for redistributive taxation
International Tax and Public Finance, 2010, 17, (1), 15-24 View citations (1)
2009
- Rewarding effort
Economic Theory, 2009, 39, (3), 425-441 View citations (6)
See also Working Paper Rewarding effort, Memorandum (2004) (2004)
2007
- Local autonomy and interregional equality
Social Choice and Welfare, 2007, 28, (3), 443-460 View citations (5)
See also Working Paper Local autonomy and interregional equality, Memorandum (2004) (2004)
- The Pluralism of Fairness Ideals: An Experimental Approach
American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (3), 818-827 View citations (555)
See also Working Paper The Pluralism of Fairness Ideals: An Experimental Approach, CESifo Working Paper Series (2005) View citations (8) (2005)
2006
- A LIBERAL EGALITARIAN PARADOX*
Economics and Philosophy, 2006, 22, (3), 393-408 View citations (10)
See also Working Paper The liberal egalitarian paradox, Memorandum (2004) (2004)
- Redistribution and the Nature of Altruism: Should Welfare Programs be Centralized or Decentralized?
Economics of Governance, 2006, 7, (2), 133-142 View citations (5)
- Relocating the responsibility cut: should more responsibility imply less redistribution?
Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 2006, 5, (3), 353-362 View citations (15)
- Responsibility, fairness and rationing in health care
Health Policy, 2006, 76, (3), 312-319 View citations (16)
2003
- Inequality, segregation, and redistribution
Journal of Public Economics, 2003, 87, (7-8), 1657-1679 View citations (18)
See also Working Paper Inequality, Segregation, and Redistribution, Working Papers (2000) View citations (7) (2000)
- Redistributive Tax Policies and Inequality: An Assessment of Recent Country Comparative Studies
ifo DICE Report, 2003, 1, (01), 28-31 View citations (5)
- Reward and Responsibility: How Should We be Affected when Others Change their Effort?
Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 2003, 2, (2), 191-211 View citations (7)
2002
- Responsibility and Reward
FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis, 2002, 59, (1), 120-140 View citations (7)
1999
- National and International Distributive Justice in Bilateral Tax Treaties
FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis, 1999, 56, (3/4), 424-
Edited books
2019
- The Economics of Fairness
Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (4)
Chapters
2007
- Redistribution and Marginal Productivity Reward
A chapter in Equity, 2007, pp 1-6
Editor
- Discussion Paper Series in Economics
Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics
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