Does the Threat of Overthrow Discipline the Elites? Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment

• 24/01/2023
• Economics
• Prof. Dr Michael Kurschilgen

A new paper from our Assistant Professor in Economics, Michael Kurschilgen, was published in the Journal of Legal Studies. Together with his colleagues Svenja Hippel and Konstantin Chatziathanasiou, he tested in a controlled laboratory experiment whether the threat of an overthrow disciplines elites to share wealth. The answer is no.

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