A Questionnaire-Experimental Study of Equity Evaluations Over Time
Published: 2011
Author(s) Name: Wulf Gaertner
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Abstract
Most of the studies in empirical social
choice are snapshot-like. These
studies do not allow to check
whether the results found are intertemporally
stable or not. The author
presents here his findings which
stretch over a period of roughly 15
years regarding the two situations
that were given to (mostly) undergraduate
students in economics and
business administration at the University
of Osnabrueck in Germany.
The first situation required that a
decision be made between improving
the everyday life of a handicapped
person and offering education
to intelligent children. The second
situation required the respondents
to take a decision between
promoting economic growth at the
expense of restricting basic human
rights and a slower economic recovery
with a full warranty for these
human rights. The results show significant
changes in the evaluative
behaviour of the students over the
period considered.
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