Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140101151

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP140101151

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The Economics of Envy. Envy is persistent and universal. It may help explain why humans are relatively less hierarchical than other primate species and prone to egalitarianism. Envy may help explain the formation of political and social structures and taxation and redistribution policies. This project will examine how in-group and out-group bias, social/economic mobility, and luck versus ability exacerbate and mitigate social preference and when these factors result in destructive and/or constructive envy. This investigation contributes to the understanding of envy and its behavioural manifestations. Understanding the correlates of social preferences and the resulting behaviour is important for developing policy to reduce destructive envy and encourage constructive envy.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-06-2014

End Date: 31-12-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $253,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Public Economics- Publically Provided Goods | Experimental Economics | Welfare Economics | Applied Economics |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Preference, Behaviour and Welfare

Other Keywords

Applied Economics | Experimental Economics | Preference, Behaviour and Welfare | Public Economics- Publically Provided Goods | Welfare Economics

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