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Us and Them: Distributional Preferences in Small and Large Groups

Heiner SchumacherIris KesternichMichael KosfeldJoachim Winter

出版	SSRN, 2014
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Qw0P0AEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

We analyze distributional preferences in games in which a decider chooses the provision of a good that benefits a receiver and creates costs for a group of payers. The average decider takes into account the welfare of all parties and has concerns for efficiency. However, she attaches similar weights to small and large groups so that she neglects large provision costs that are dispersed among many payers. This holds regardless of whether the decider benefits from the provision or not. A CES utility function which rationalizes average behavior implies altruism in bilateral situations and welfare-damaging actions when costs are dispersed.