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The trade-off between Ex Ante Pareto and Ex Post Egalitarianism : a study of extended paternalism in distributive choices

Løyland, Hanna Isabel; Tyrihjell, Johannes Bjørnstad
Master thesis
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2017
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Abstract
In this paper, we use an experimental approach to investigate the well-known

tension between equality in society and individual freedom of choice. We have conducted

a large-scale international experiment with nationally representative samples

from Norway and the United States to create a situation that forces the participants

to make a choice between respecting two other people’s preferences or implement

equality. We find that in Norway, 74.8 % of the participants put more weight on

equality rather than respecting people’s preferences, and they thereby choose equality

at the expense of individual freedom. The corresponding number in the United

States is 61.8 %, indicating that there are differences in preferences between the two

countries.

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