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

Erik Schokkaert, Kurt Devooght (), Bart Capéau and Sara Lelli
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Kurt Devooght: Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel (HUB), Belgium
Sara Lelli: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy

No 2007/09, Working Papers from Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel, Faculteit Economie en Management

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)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2007-06
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Journal Article: Allocating an Indivisible Good. A Questionnaire-Experimental Study of Intercultural Differences (2022)
Working Paper: Allocating an indivisible good. A questionnaire-experimental study of intercultural differences (2007)
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