Are we underestimating inequality aversion? Comparing recruited and classroom subjects
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Keywords
Social preferences; Inequality aversion; Experimental methodology; Selection bias; Dictator game; Laboratory experiments;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C9 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
- D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
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