Ameil, Yoram, Cowell, Frank 
ORCID: 0000-0002-3778-2152, Davidovitz, Liema and Polovin, Avraham
(2008)
Preference reversals and the analysis of income distributions.
Social Choice and Welfare, 30 (2).
pp. 305-330.
ISSN 0176-1714
Abstract
It is known from the literature on uncertainty that in cases where individuals express a preference for a high win-probability bet over a bet with high winnings they nevertheless will bid more to obtain the bet with high winnings. We investigate whether a similar phenomenon applies in the parallel social-choice situation. Here decisions are to be made between a distribution with a large group of high-income people and a distribution with a small group of very high-income people. Results from a number of experimental designs are analysed. We are grateful for helpful comments from three referees of this journal, Peter Dolton, Graham Loomes, Dirk Van der gaer and seminar participants at the LSE and the University of Gent. We also thank Guillermo Cruces for computational assistance.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.springer.com/economics/economic+theory/... |
| Additional Information: | © 2007 Springer |
| Divisions: | Economics STICERD Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
| JEL classification: | D - Microeconomics > D6 - Welfare Economics > D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement D - Microeconomics > D9 - Intertemporal Choice and Growth > D91 - Intertemporal Consumer Choice; Life Cycle Models and Saving |
| Date Deposited: | 03 May 2011 09:51 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Oct 2024 03:35 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/35796 |
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