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  1. Is the veil of ignorance only a concept about risk?
    an experiment
    Author: Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah
    Published: 2007
    Publisher:  Univ., Volkswirtschaftl. Fak., München

    We implement the Rawlsian thought experiment of a veil of ignorance in the laboratory which introduces risk and possibly social preferences. We find that both men and women react to the risk introduced by the veil of ignorance. Only the women... more

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    ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Standort Kiel
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    DS 483 (2007,04)
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    Universitätsbibliothek Mannheim
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    We implement the Rawlsian thought experiment of a veil of ignorance in the laboratory which introduces risk and possibly social preferences. We find that both men and women react to the risk introduced by the veil of ignorance. Only the women additionally exhibit social preferences that reflect an increased concern for equality. Our results for women imply that maximin preferences can also be derived from a combination of some, not necessarily infinite risk aversion and social preferences. This result contrasts the Utilitarians' claim that maximin preferences necessarily represent preferences with infinite risk aversion.

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
    Other identifier:
    hdl: 10419/104250
    Series: Münchener wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Beiträge ; 2007-04
    Subjects: Soziale Wohlfahrtsfunktion; Rawls-Gerechtigkeitstheorie; Experiment; veil of ignorance; social preferences; equality; efficiency; experiment
    Scope: Online-Ressource (26 S., 153 KB), graph. Darst.
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    Record-last-verified: 07-06-07
  2. Beyond economic efficiency in biodiversity conservation
    Author: Gatzweiler, Franz W.; Volkmann, Jörg
    Published: 2007
    Publisher:  Inst. für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwiss. des Landbaus, Fachgebiet Ressourcenökonomie, Berlin

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  3. Beyond economic efficiency in biodiversity conservation
    Author: Gatzweiler, Franz W.; Volkmann, Jörg
    Published: 2007

    Abstract: This paper aims at explaining the importance of the democracy stance as compared to the efficiency stance in order to deal with complexity in biodiversity conservation. While the efficiency stance refers to the realm of relatively simple... more

     

    Abstract: This paper aims at explaining the importance of the democracy stance as compared to the efficiency stance in order to deal with complexity in biodiversity conservation. While the efficiency stance refers to the realm of relatively simple systems, individual rationality, and instrumental values, the complexity stance transcends these boundaries into the realm of complex systems, social rationality and intrinsic values. We argue that the task of biodiversity conservation is impossible to achieve in economically efficient ways, because (a) it is impossible to come to a (fully informed) complete account of all values, not only because it is costly but also because (b) moral values are involved which (by their nature) exclude themselves from being accounted for, and (c) biodiversity conservation can be regarded as an end in itself instead of only a means towards an end. The point we raise is, that in order to cope with biodiversity conservation we need to apply valuation methods which a

     
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