Stephan Kroll
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Pigouvian Tax Aversion and Inequity Aversion in the Lab Open
We use an experimental market with externalities to test whether inequality aversion could help explain the popularity of earmarking tax revenues. We find that voter opposition is not fully explained by material self-interest: Results indi…
The Impact of Endowment Heterogeneity and Origin on Public Good Contributions: Evidence From the Lab Open
Recent experimental research suggests that unpredicted behavior in the lab may result from endowment distribution and origin. We design an experiment to explore the impact of heterogeneous endowments and earned endowments on observed contr…
Inequality hinders group efforts to avoid environmental disasters Open
Using a threshold public good experiment, we examine how varying degrees of inequality in resources and differences in risk of loss among players affect the success of group efforts to avoid a common loss. We find that when the poor face g…