Doctoral Dissertation Research in Political Science: How Americans Distribute Income Behind the Veil of Ignorance

政治学博士论文研究:美国人如何在无知之幕背后分配收入

基本信息

  • 批准号:
    0720430
  • 负责人:
  • 金额:
    $ 0.53万
  • 依托单位:
  • 依托单位国家:
    美国
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
  • 财政年份:
    2007
  • 资助国家:
    美国
  • 起止时间:
    2007-08-01 至 2009-07-31
  • 项目状态:
    已结题

项目摘要

Primary Investigators: Michael Brown and Paul ViottiTitle: How Americans Distribute Income Behind the Veil of Ignorance 0720430AbstractQuestions of equality of opportunity and outcomes have been examined from Alexis de Tocqueville's observations of democracy in early 19th-century America to the now classic study of liberalism in the 1950s by Louis Hartz to the subsequent work of Jennifer Hochschild and many other political scientists and economists. Why Americans accept, tolerate or acquiesce in the presence of growing economic inequality is my central research question. In a search for an answer to this query, I examine American attitudes toward inequality by empirically testing John Rawls' theory of distributive justice. Small groups choose how to distribute income among members in experiments conducted "behind the veil of ignorance" (e.g., not knowing what the outcome will be and how they individually will be affected). Early results suggest that when placed in an objective position, i.e., "behind the veil," people from different groups around the United States tend to be egalitarians. They generally prefer to distribute income equally within the group and are willing to pay substantially for this outcome even when confronted with an equity-efficiency tradeoff in which the total amount of income diminishes as the distribution of income tends toward equality. When the veil disappears, however, preferences shift: participants who are egalitarian behind the veil tend to maximize individual income when they are no longer in an objective position. Thus, using Rawls' thought experiment, it is possible to gauge the extent to which people's behavior behind the veil is a function of egalitarianism or risk aversion and how sensitive they are to an equity-efficiency tradeoff. A survey instrument further enables me to estimate the effects of individual and group differences in these experiments. The broader impacts of the study are based on its inclusiveness, its collaborative dimensions, and its potential to influence policymaking. Participants in the experiments will include students at several universities as well as individuals from outside of academe. The sample design includes participants from underrepresented groups, which will provide an opportunity for a wide range of people to witness and to contribute to scientific research. The research also crosses traditional boundaries between disciplines by bringing methods from experimental economics into a political science dissertation. The results of the study will be disseminated widely through presentations at universities. Finally, I hope to publish the results in a political science journal and make the findings useful to policy-makers dealing with the ongoing problems of economic and social inequality in the United States.
主要研究人员:迈克尔·布朗和保罗·维奥蒂题目:《无知面纱背后的美国人如何分配收入》摘要从亚历克西斯·德·托克维尔对19世纪初美国民主的观察,到路易斯·哈茨在20世纪50年代对自由主义的经典研究,再到詹妮弗·霍奇希尔德和许多其他政治学家和经济学家随后的工作,机会和结果平等的问题得到了考察。为什么美国人会接受、容忍或默许日益严重的经济不平等,这是我研究的中心问题。为了寻找这个问题的答案,我对约翰·罗尔斯的分配正义理论进行了实证检验,考察了美国人对不平等的态度。小团体选择如何在“无知的面纱后”进行的实验中在成员之间分配收入(例如,不知道结果会是什么,他们个人将如何受到影响)。早期的结果表明,当被放在客观的位置上,即在面纱后面,来自美国不同群体的人往往是平等主义者。他们通常更喜欢在群体内平均分配收入,并愿意为这一结果支付大量费用,即使面临公平和效率的权衡,收入总额随着收入分配趋于平等而减少。然而,当面纱消失时,偏好就会发生变化:在面纱背后持平等主义立场的参与者,往往会在不再处于客观地位时最大化个人收入。因此,使用罗尔斯的思想实验,可以衡量人们在幕后的行为在多大程度上是平等主义或风险厌恶的函数,以及他们对公平和效率权衡的敏感度。一种调查工具进一步使我能够估计在这些实验中个人和群体差异的影响。这项研究的更广泛影响是基于其包容性、其协作层面以及其影响决策的潜力。这些实验的参与者将包括几所大学的学生以及来自学术界以外的个人。样本设计包括来自代表性不足群体的参与者,这将为广泛的人提供一个见证和为科学研究做出贡献的机会。这项研究还跨越了学科之间的传统界限,将实验经济学的方法引入了政治学论文。这项研究的结果将通过在大学发表演讲而广泛传播。最后,我希望将研究结果发表在一本政治学期刊上,让这些发现对处理美国持续存在的经济和社会不平等问题的政策制定者有用。

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Michael Brown其他文献

Polyethylene Glycol-3350 (Miralax®)+1.9-L sports drink (Gatorade®)+2 tablets of bisacodyl results in inferior bowel preparation for colonoscopy compared with Polyethylene Glycol-Ascorbic Acid (MoviPrep®).
与聚乙二醇抗坏血酸 (MoviPrep®) 相比,聚乙二醇-3350 (Miralax®)+1.9 L 运动饮料 (Gatorade®)+2 片比沙可啶导致结肠镜检查的肠道准备较差。
  • DOI:
  • 发表时间:
    2018
  • 期刊:
  • 影响因子:
    0
  • 作者:
    M. Khan;K. Patel;M. Nooruddin;Garth B. Swanson;L. Fogg;A. Keshavarzian;Michael Brown
  • 通讯作者:
    Michael Brown
Some observations on Statnamic pile testing
静态桩测试的一些观察
  • DOI:
  • 发表时间:
    2006
  • 期刊:
  • 影响因子:
    0
  • 作者:
    Michael Brown;A. Hyde
  • 通讯作者:
    A. Hyde
Plate margin processes and ‘paired’ metamorphic belts in Japan: Comment on ‘Thermal effects of ridge subduction and its implications for the origin of granitic batholith and paired metamorphic belts’ by H. Iwamori
日本的板块边缘过程和“成对”变质带:评论 H. Iwamori 的“山脊俯冲的热效应及其对花岗岩岩基和成对变质带起源的影响”
Paleoarchean metamorphism in the Acasta Gneiss Complex: Constraints from phase equilibrium modelling and in situ garnet Lu–Hf geochronology
阿卡斯塔片麻岩杂岩中的古太古代变质作用:来自相平衡模型和原位石榴石 Lu-Hf 地质年代学的约束
  • DOI:
  • 发表时间:
    2024
  • 期刊:
  • 影响因子:
    3.4
  • 作者:
    J. Kaempf;Tim E. Johnson;C. Clark;J. Alfing;Michael Brown;P. Lanari;Kai Rankenburg
  • 通讯作者:
    Kai Rankenburg
Influence of intra-amoebic and other growth conditions on the surface properties of Legionella pneumophila
阿米巴内和其他生长条件对嗜肺军团菌表面特性的影响
  • DOI:
  • 发表时间:
    1993
  • 期刊:
  • 影响因子:
    3.1
  • 作者:
    J. Barker;Peter A. Lambert;Michael Brown
  • 通讯作者:
    Michael Brown

Michael Brown的其他文献

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{{ truncateString('Michael Brown', 18)}}的其他基金

Multigraded commutative algebra and the geometry of syzygies
多级交换代数和 syzygies 几何
  • 批准号:
    2302373
  • 财政年份:
    2023
  • 资助金额:
    $ 0.53万
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
Simons Observatory:UK technology development and demonstration
西蒙斯天文台:英国技术开发与示范
  • 批准号:
    ST/X006336/1
  • 财政年份:
    2022
  • 资助金额:
    $ 0.53万
  • 项目类别:
    Research Grant
STTR Phase I: Solar-driven, thermally responsive membranes for off-grid water purification
STTR 第一阶段:用于离网水净化的太阳能驱动热响应膜
  • 批准号:
    2213218
  • 财政年份:
    2022
  • 资助金额:
    $ 0.53万
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
Offshore Cable Burial: How deep is deep enough?
海上电缆埋设:多深才算足够深?
  • 批准号:
    EP/W000997/1
  • 财政年份:
    2022
  • 资助金额:
    $ 0.53万
  • 项目类别:
    Research Grant
SO:UK - A major UK contribution to Simons Observatory
SO:UK - 英国对西蒙斯天文台的重大贡献
  • 批准号:
    ST/X006344/1
  • 财政年份:
    2022
  • 资助金额:
    $ 0.53万
  • 项目类别:
    Research Grant
SO:UK - A major UK contribution to the Simons Observatory
SO:UK - 英国对西蒙斯天文台的重大贡献
  • 批准号:
    ST/W002914/1
  • 财政年份:
    2022
  • 资助金额:
    $ 0.53万
  • 项目类别:
    Research Grant
Collisional fragments of Jupiter Trojans as windows into the formation of the solar system
木星特洛伊木马的碰撞碎片是了解太阳系形成的窗口
  • 批准号:
    2109212
  • 财政年份:
    2021
  • 资助金额:
    $ 0.53万
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
Doctoral Consortium Workshop at the Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference 2020
2020 年学习分析和知识会议上的博士联盟研讨会
  • 批准号:
    1951865
  • 财政年份:
    2020
  • 资助金额:
    $ 0.53万
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
Catalyzing Student Success: Implementing Cyberlearning Tools in Large Introductory Courses in the Chemical Engineering Pathway
促进学生成功:在化学工程途径的大型入门课程中实施网络学习工具
  • 批准号:
    1928842
  • 财政年份:
    2020
  • 资助金额:
    $ 0.53万
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
SO:UK Phase A
SO:英国A期
  • 批准号:
    ST/T007222/1
  • 财政年份:
    2020
  • 资助金额:
    $ 0.53万
  • 项目类别:
    Research Grant

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