Political self-serving bias and redistribution
Political self-serving bias and redistribution
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jpubeco.2016.01.002
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发表时间：
2016-02-01
影响因子：
9.8
通讯作者：
Thoeni, Christian
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作者：
Deffains, Bruno;Espinosa, Romain;Thoeni, Christian
我们探讨了自私偏见对再分配供给和需求的影响。我们展示了一项实验的结果，其中参与者在执行真正的努力任务后决定重新分配。根据个人表现，参与者被分为两组：成功组和失败组。参与者的成功是外生决定的，因为他们被随机分配到困难或简单的任务。然而，由于参与者不知道他们被分配到哪个任务，因此对于成功或失败应归因于内部还是外部因素存在模糊性。参与者做出两项重新分配决定。首先，他们在不涉及个人利益的情况下选择再分配。其次，他们在无知之幕后面选择了再分配制度。我们的结果证实并扩展了之前关于自私偏见的发现：成功的参与者更有可能将他们的成功归因于他们的努力而不是运气，并且他们选择减少重新分配。不成功的参与者倾向于将自己的失败归因于外部因素，并选择更多的重新分配。我们证明，自私偏见导致了再分配观点的两极分化。 (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. 保留所有权利。
We explore the impact of the self-serving bias on the supply and demand for redistribution. We present results from an experiment in which participants decide on redistribution after performing a real effort task. Dependent on individual performance, participants are divided into two groups, successful and unsuccessful. Participants' success is exogenously determined, because they are randomly assigned to either a hard or easy task. However, because participants are not told which task they were assigned to, there is ambiguity as to whether success or failure should be attributed to internal or external factors. Participants take two redistribution decisions. First, they choose a supply of redistribution in a situation where no personal interests are at stake. Second, they choose a redistributive system behind a veil of ignorance. Our results confirm and expand previous findings on the self-serving bias: successful participants are more likely to attribute their success to their effort rather than luck, and they opt for less redistribution. Unsuccessful participants tend to attribute their failure to external factors and opt for more redistribution. We demonstrate that the self-serving bias contributes to a polarization of the views on redistribution. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.