Competition, Income Distribution, and the Middle Class: An Experimental Study

We study the effect of competition on income distribution by means of a two-stage experiment. Heterogeneous endowments are earned in a contest, followed by a surplus-sharing task. The experimental test confirms our initial hypothesis that the existence of a middle class is as effective as institutio...

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Main Authors: Bernhard Kittel, Fabian Paetzel, Stefan Traub
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Applied Mathematics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/303912
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