Details about Alexander Wright Cappelen

Homepage:	https://www.nhh.no/en/employees/faculty/alexander-wright-cappelen/
Workplace:	Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi (Department of Economics), Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH) (Norwegian School of Economics), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2025

1. The talent paradox: why is it fair to reward talent but not luck?
   ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich

2024

2. Fairness in a Society of Unequal Opportunities
   Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper Series, CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition View citations (1)
   Also in Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics (2024) View citations (1)
3. Fairness in winner-take-all competitions
   ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (8)

2023

4. Cancel the deal? An experimental study on the exploitation of irrational consumers
   Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics
5. Experimental Evidence on the Acceptance of Males Falling Behind
   Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics View citations (2)
6. Free to Fail? Paternalistic Preferences in the United States
   Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics View citations (2)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2023)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2023) View citations (2)
   ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich (2023) View citations (2)
   DICE Discussion Papers, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE) (2023) View citations (2)
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2023) View citations (2)
7. How Are Gender Norms Perceived?
   Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics View citations (24)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023) View citations (24)

2022

8. 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)
9. 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)
10. 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)
11. Universalism: Global Evidence
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo

2021

12. Fairness and Willingness to Compete
    Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics View citations (2)

2020

13. Competitiveness, gender and handedness: a large- sample intercultural study
    Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics View citations (1)
14. 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 (45) (2021)

2019

15. A Meritocratic Origin of Egalitarian Behavior
    Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics View citations (8)
    Also in Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics (2019) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article A Meritocratic Origin of Egalitarian Behaviour, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2022) View citations (26) (2022)
16. 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

17. Cooperation Creates Special Moral Obligations
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2018)
18. Fairness in Winner-Take-All Markets
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (8)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (2018) View citations (7)
    Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2018) View citations (8)
    Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics (2018) View citations (7)
19. 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

20. 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 (224) (2020)
21. Exercise Improves Academic Performance
    Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics View citations (10)
22. The Effect of Early Education on Social Preferences
    Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group
    Also in Framed Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website (2016) View citations (21)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (22)
23. 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)
24. 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

25. Equity theory and fair inequality: a neuroeconomic study
    Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics
26. 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)
27. Fairness and the Development of Inequality Acceptance
    Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics View citations (7)
28. Fairness in bankruptcy situations: an experimental study
    Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics View citations (4)
29. 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 (20) (2020)

2014

30. 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)
31. Is There a Development Gap in Rationality?
    Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics View citations (2)
32. 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 (18) (2016)
33. 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 (73) (2016)

2013

34. 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

35. Competition, cooperation, and collective choice
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations (1)
36. DO NON-ENFORCEABLE CONTRACTS MATTER? EVIDENCE FROM AN INTERNATIONAL LAB EXPERIMENT Department
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Bergen, Department of Economics
37. 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)
38. 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)
39. Pension Funds, Sovereign-wealth Funds and Intergenerational Justice
    Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics
40. Tax policy and fair inequality
    Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics View citations (3)
41. 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

42. 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)
43. 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 (88) (2015)

2010

44. 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)
45. 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 (338) (2013)

2008

46. 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

47. 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 (569) (2007)

2004

48. Globalisation, inequality and redistribution
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics
    Also in University of Göttingen Working Papers in Economics, University of Goettingen, Department of Economics (2004)
49. 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)
50. Rewarding effort
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Rewarding effort, Economic Theory, Springer (2009) View citations (6) (2009)
51. 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

52. Decentralization and the Fate of Minorities
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (2)

2001

53. Income Distribution and Tax Competition
    Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration-

2000

54. 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)
55. Moral Theory and International Fiscal Law
    Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration-
56. Redistribution and the Size of Jurisdictions
    Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration-
57. Tax Treaties and the Marginal Cost of Funds
    Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration-

Journal Articles

2024

1. 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

2. Second-Best Fairness: The Trade-off between False Positives and False Negatives
   American Economic Review, 2023, 113, (9), 2458-85 View citations (5)
3. 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)
4. The development gap in economic rationality of future elites
   Games and Economic Behavior, 2023, 142, (C), 866-878 View citations (3)

2022

5. A Meritocratic Origin of Egalitarian Behaviour
   The Economic Journal, 2022, 132, (646), 2101-2117 View citations (26)
   See also Working Paper A Meritocratic Origin of Egalitarian Behavior, Working Paper Series (2019) View citations (8) (2019)
6. Choice and Personal Responsibility: What Is a Morally Relevant Choice?
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2022, 104, (5), 1110-1119 View citations (4)
7. Global evidence on the selfish rich inequality hypothesis
   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022, 119, (3), e2109690119 View citations (5)

2021

8. Competitiveness, gender and handedness
   Economics & Human Biology, 2021, 43, (C) View citations (3)
9. Solidarity and fairness in times of crisis
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 186, (C), 1-11 View citations (45)
   See also Working Paper Solidarity and Fairness in Times of Crisis, Discussion Paper Series in Economics (2020) View citations (3) (2020)
10. Understanding the resource curse: A large-scale experiment on corruption in Tanzania
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 183, (C), 129-157 View citations (5)

2020

11. 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 (224)
    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)
12. Teaching Through Television: Experimental Evidence on Entrepreneurship Education in Tanzania
    Management Science, 2020, 66, (6), 2308-2325 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper Teaching through television: Experimental evidence on entrepreneurship education in Tanzania, Discussion Paper Series in Economics (2015) View citations (15) (2015)
13. The Effect of Early-Childhood Education on Social Preferences
    Journal of Political Economy, 2020, 128, (7), 2739 - 2758 View citations (76)

2019

14. Fairness in Bankruptcies: An Experimental Study
    Management Science, 2019, 67, (6), 2832-2841 View citations (4)

2017

15. Certification and socially responsible production
    Economics of Governance, 2017, 18, (1), 71-84 View citations (2)
16. Face-saving or fair-minded: What motivates moral behavior?
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2017, 15, (3), 540-557 View citations (49)
17. 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)
18. Fairness and the proportionality principle
    Social Choice and Welfare, 2017, 49, (3), 709-719 View citations (8)

2016

19. 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)
20. Leadership and Incentives
    Management Science, 2016, 62, (7), 1944-1953 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper Leadership and incentives, Discussion Paper Series in Economics (2014) (2014)
21. What Explains the Gender Gap in College Track Dropout? Experimental and Administrative Evidence
    American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (5), 296-302 View citations (50)
22. Willingness to Compete: Family Matters
    Management Science, 2016, 62, (8), 2149-2162 View citations (73)
    See also Working Paper Willingness to Compete: Family Matters, Discussion Paper Series in Economics (2014) View citations (12) (2014)

2015

23. Social Preferences in the Lab: A Comparison of Students and a Representative Population
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2015, 117, (4), 1306-1326 View citations (88)
    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

24. An experimental study of prosocial motivation among criminals
    Experimental Economics, 2014, 17, (4), 501-511 View citations (5)
25. 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

26. 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)
27. 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)
28. Just Luck: An Experimental Study of Risk-Taking and Fairness
    American Economic Review, 2013, 103, (4), 1398-1413 View citations (338)
    Also in American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (2), 476-77 (2016)
    See also Working Paper Just Luck: An Experimental Study of Risk Taking and Fairness, Discussion Paper Series in Economics (2010) View citations (16) (2010)
29. NEEDS VERSUS ENTITLEMENTS—AN INTERNATIONAL FAIRNESS EXPERIMENT
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11, (3), 574-598 View citations (62)
30. 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

31. Distributive interdependencies in liberal egalitarianism
    Social Choice and Welfare, 2011, 36, (1), 35-47 View citations (1)
32. Measuring unfair (in)equality
    Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (7), 488-499 View citations (35)
    Also in Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (7-8), 488-499 (2011) View citations (67)
33. 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 (21)

2010

34. Disability compensation and responsibility
    Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 2010, 9, (4), 411-427 View citations (2)
35. Responsibility for what? Fairness and individual responsibility
    European Economic Review, 2010, 54, (3), 429-441 View citations (169)
36. The challenge of a rising skill premium for redistributive taxation
    International Tax and Public Finance, 2010, 17, (1), 15-24 View citations (1)

2009

37. Rewarding effort
    Economic Theory, 2009, 39, (3), 425-441 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Rewarding effort, Memorandum (2004) (2004)

2007

38. 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)
39. The Pluralism of Fairness Ideals: An Experimental Approach
    American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (3), 818-827 View citations (569)
    See also Working Paper The Pluralism of Fairness Ideals: An Experimental Approach, CESifo Working Paper Series (2005) View citations (8) (2005)

2006

40. 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)
41. Redistribution and the Nature of Altruism: Should Welfare Programs be Centralized or Decentralized?
    Economics of Governance, 2006, 7, (2), 133-142 View citations (5)
42. Relocating the responsibility cut: should more responsibility imply less redistribution?
    Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 2006, 5, (3), 353-362 View citations (15)
43. Responsibility, fairness and rationing in health care
    Health Policy, 2006, 76, (3), 312-319 View citations (17)

2003

44. 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)
45. Redistributive Tax Policies and Inequality: An Assessment of Recent Country Comparative Studies
    ifo DICE Report, 2003, 1, (01), 28-31 View citations (5)
46. 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

47. Responsibility and Reward
    FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis, 2002, 59, (1), 120-140 View citations (7)

1999

48. National and International Distributive Justice in Bilateral Tax Treaties
    FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis, 1999, 56, (3/4), 424-

Edited books

2019

1. The Economics of Fairness
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (4)

Chapters

2007

1. Redistribution and Marginal Productivity Reward
   A chapter in Equity, 2007, pp 1-6

Editor

1. Discussion Paper Series in Economics
   Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics