Are Elites Meritocratic and Efficiency-Seeking? Evidence from MBA Students
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Keywords
meritocracy; efficiency; elite control; fairness ideals; redistributive preferences; MBA students; inequality; experimental economics;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
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