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- Cornelissen, Thomas, et al.
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Fairness spillovers : the case of taxation
- 2013
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Ingår i: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. - : Elsevier. - 0167-2681 .- 1879-1751. ; 90:June, s. 164-180
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- It is standardly assumed that individuals react to perceived unfairness or norm violations in precisely the same area or relationship where the original offense has occurred. However, grievances over being exposed to injustice may have even broader consequences and also spill over to other contexts, causing non-compliant behavior there. We present evidence that such “fairness spillovers” can incur large economic costs: a belief that there is unfairness in taxation in the sense that the rich do not pay enough taxes is associated with a twenty percent higher level of paid absenteeism from work.
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- Cornelissen, Thomas, et al.
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Perceived unfairness in CEO compensation and work morale
- 2011
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Ingår i: Economics Letters. - : Elsevier. - 0165-1765 .- 1873-7374. ; 110:1, s. 45-48
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- CEO compensation that is perceived to be excessive regularly causes agitation in the population. Using German data, we show that perceiving CEO pay to be unfair has economic repercussions in terms of lower work morale.
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- Goerg, Sebastian J., et al.
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Norm Violations and Behavioral Spillovers : Evidence From the Lab and The Field
- 2024
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This paper explores the contagion effects of norm-violating behavior across decision situations.Through a series of laboratory and field experiments, we empirically establish the conditions under which norm-breaking behavior in one decision situation leads individuals who observe this to violatennorms in other, distinct decision situations. Our laboratory findings show that these spillover effects are more pronounced when the norms underlying the decision situations are perceived to be similar. However, spillovers can also affect decision situations governed by relatively dissimilar norms if the observers of norm violations have had the opportunity to first violate the same norm as the observed violator themselves. In an accompanying field experiment, we underscore the economic importance of norm similarity for spillover effects. When workers are exposed to information about celebrities evading taxes, they exhibit significantly higher rates of workplace theft than those in the control group, yet this exposure does not negatively affect work morale.
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- Goerg, Sebastian J., et al.
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Norm violations and behavioral spillovers : Evidence from the lab and the field
- 2024
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Ingår i: European Economic Review. - : Elsevier. - 0014-2921 .- 1873-572X. ; 166
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper explores the contagion effects of norm-violating behavior across decision situations. Through a series of laboratory and field experiments, we empirically establish the conditions under which norm-breaking behavior in one decision situation leads individuals who observe this to violate norms in other, distinct decision situations. Our laboratory findings show that these spillover effects are more pronounced when the norms underlying the decision situations are perceived to be similar. However, spillovers can also affect decision situations governed by relatively dissimilar norms if the observers of norm violations have had the opportunity to first violate the same norm as the observed violator themselves. In an accompanying field experiment, we underscore the economic importance of norm similarity for spillover effects. When workers are exposed to information about celebrities evading taxes, they exhibit significantly higher rates of workplace theft than those in the control group, yet this exposure does not negatively affect work morale.
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