Examining Theories of Distributive Justice with an Asymmetric Public Goods Game

Autor/in	Schmidt, Stephen J.
Titel	Examining Theories of Distributive Justice with an Asymmetric Public Goods Game
Quelle	In: Journal of Economic Education, 46 (2015) 3, S.260-273 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0485
DOI	10.1080/00220485.2015.1040181
Schlagwörter	Economics Education; Justice; Theories; Educational Games; Investment; Class Activities; Efficiency; Moral Issues; Problem Solving; Undergraduate Students; Educational Experiments + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wirtschaftskunde; Gerechtigkeit; Theory; Theorie; Educational game; Lernspiel; Investments; Geldanlage; Investiton; Effectiveness; Effektivität; Wirkungsgrad; Moraltheorie; Problemlösen; Schulversuch
Abstract	In this article, the author presents an asymmetric version of the familiar public goods classroom experiment, in which some players are given more tokens to invest than others, and players collectively decide whether to divide the return to the group investment asymmetrically as well. The asymmetry between players raises normative issues about fairness, rights, and equality that are not present in the symmetric game, where efficiency is the major relevant normative concept. Playing the game in class requires students to confront the distributional question and shows how issues of efficiency can become entangled with other moral issues when solving economic policy problems. The game allows instructors to incorporate theories of distributive justice into economic reasoning in the classroom, as has been widely suggested recently. (As Provided).
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