The geometry of distributional preferences and a non-parametric identification approach: The Equality Equivalence Test

European Economic Review

Volumn 76, Issue , 2015, Pages 85-103

  Kerschbamer, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

B41; C81; C90; D63; D64; Distributional preferences; Equality equivalence test; Other regarding preferences; Social preferences; Social value orientations

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84925947159     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2015.01.008     Document Type: Article

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