Biases in choices about fairness: Psychology and economic inequality

This paper investigates choices about ``distributional fairness'' (sometimes called ``distributive justice''), i.e., selection of the proper way for resources to be distributed in group. The study finds evidence that several of the same biases of risky decision making also appl...

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Main Author: Zachary Michaelson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Judgment and Decision Making 2015-03-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://journal.sjdm.org/13/13923b/jdm13923b.pdf