Last-place aversion: Evidence and redistributive implications

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 105-149

  Kuziemko, Ilyana ^a   Buell, Ryan W ^b   Reich, Taly ^c   Norton, Michael I ^b  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAME THEORY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MICROECONOMICS; MINIMUM WAGE; RANKING;

EID: 84892556686     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjt035     Document Type: Article

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