EconExperiments - Equity & Efficiency

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Concepts & Keywords Illustrated:
 
Equity
 
Efficiency
 
Pareto-efficiency
 
Pareto-inefficiency
 
Brief description:
 
Students are asked to write down either 1 or 5 on the piece of paper on their own. They can receive candies equal to the number they have written down only if four or less than four members of the class have written down 5.
 
Students discover that Pareto-efficiency does not ensure equality.

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