Fairness and limited information: Are people Bayesian meritocrats?
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Inequality acceptance; Non-Bayesian belief updating; Meritocracy; Redistribution;All these keywords.
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- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
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