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Strang, Louis ORCID: 0000-0003-2736-0084 and Schaube, Sebastian (2025). (Not) Everyone can be a winner - The role of payoff interdependence for redistribution. Journal of Public Economics, 243. pp. 1-11. Elsevier. ISSN 0047-2727

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Abstract

[Artikel-Nr. 105320] Frequently, one person’s success comes at the expense of others. We contrast such zero-sum environments in which individuals’ payoffs are interdependent to those where payoffs are independent. In a laboratory experiment, we study whether the resulting inequality is perceived differently and how this affects redistribution. Across treatments, we compare a spectator’s redistribution of two workers’ earnings. If workers do not compete in a zero-sum setting, average redistribution decreases. In a representative survey, we replicate this finding and document that individuals who believe in a zero-sum world support higher levels of redistribution and are more likely to consider themselves a member of the Democratic party.

Item Type:	Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Strang, Louis UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2736-0084 UNSPECIFIED Schaube, Sebastian UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-794441
Identification Number:	10.1016/j.jpubeco.2025.105320
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Public Economics
Volume:	243
Page Range:	pp. 1-11
Number of Pages:	1
Date:	15 March 2025
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0047-2727
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences > Business Administration > Corporate Development > Professorship for Business Administration, Corporate Development and Business Ethics
Subjects:	Economics Management and auxiliary services
['eprint_fieldname_oa_funders' not defined]:	Publikationsfonds UzK
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/79444