Allocating an indivisible good. A questionnaire-experimental study of intercultural differences

Erik Schokkaert, Kurt Devooght, Bart Capéau and Sara Lelli

Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven from KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven

Abstract: We present the results of a questionnaire study in Belgium, Burkina Faso and Indonesia focusing on the problem of the just allocation of an indivisible good. The formal axioms proposed in social choice theory are helpful in structuring the response patterns. Interindividual differences can be interpreted in a meaningful way in terms of basic intuitions about desert, efficiency and compensation. Belgian students are most resourceegalitarian, Burkinese students attach a large weight to innate capacities, Indonesian students focus on actual production. The crucial no-envy criterion is supported by a majority of respondents, but this majority becomes small if there is an unavoidable conflict between no-envy and the "responsibility" requirement of the stand-alone upper bound.

Keywords: distributive justice; indivisible good; no envy criterion; intercultural differences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-06
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Journal Article: Allocating an Indivisible Good. A Questionnaire-Experimental Study of Intercultural Differences (2022)
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