Preferences for Income Distribution and Distributive Justice: A Window on the Problems of Using Experimental Data in Economics and Ethics

Abstract

This is a paper in response to the article "An Experimental Test of Preferences for the Distribution of Income and Individual Risk Aversion" by by John Beck (1994). Beck's experimental results on preferences for income distribution and our own findings on distributive justice are compared and contrasted. The relative roles of risk preference and impartial reasoning are discussed. A number of implications are drawn regarding the role of experimentation in economics and ethics.

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