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Trinity University Digital Commons @ Trinity Economics F culty Rese rch Economics Dep rtment 2015 A re Self-Made Men Made Equally ? An Experimental Test of Impartial Redistribution and Perceptions of Self-Determination David Chavanne Kevin McCabe Maria Pia Paganelli Trinity U niversity, mp g nel@ Follow this nd dditional works t : /econ_f culty Repository Cit tion Ch v nne, D., McC be, K ., P g nelli, M. P. (in press). Are Self-M de Men M de Equally ? An Experimental Test of Imp rtial Redistribution nd Perceptions of Self-Determin tion. Nordic Journal of Political Economy . doi : 10.2139/ssrn.1534934 This Post-Print is brought to you for free nd open ccess by the Economics Dep rtment t Digital Commons @ Trinity. It has been ccepted for inclusion in Economics F culty Rese rch by n uthorized dministr tor of Digital Commons @ Trinity. For more inform tion, please cont ct jcost nz@. Are Self-Made Men Made Equally? An Experimental Test of Impartial Redistribution and Perceptions of Self-Determination David Chavanne Kevin McCabe Maria Pia Paganelli June 11, 2014 Abstract Using a laboratory experiment, we examine if third party redistribution from a “Have” to a “Have-not” is affected by (1) whether a Have’s advantage is in some way self-determined and (2) whether self- determination occurs in two dimensions compared to one dimension. We find that redistribution decreases if a Have earns an advantageous opportunity or earns income. But we also find that redistribution does not decrease any further if a Have earns both an opportunity and income. These results