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Are Elites Meritocratic and Efficiency-Seeking? Evidence from MBA Students

Germ\'an Reyes, Jason Somerville, Joy Wu, Marcel Preuss

Ivy League MBA students implement more unequal earnings distributions than average Americans and respond more to efficiency costs, even when inequality stems from luck.

arxiv:2503.15443 v6 · 2025-03-19 · econ.GN · q-fin.EC

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MBA students implement substantially more unequal earnings distributions than the average American, regardless of whether inequality stems from luck or merit. Their redistributive choices are also far more responsive to efficiency costs than the near-zero response found in representative U.S. samples. These patterns partly reflect distinct fairness ideals: a large share of MBA students falls outside standard classifications, instead displaying 'weak meritocratic' tendencies that tolerate inequality even when it stems from luck.

C2weakest assumption

The assumption that preferences measured in this incentivized lab experiment with MBA students accurately capture the fairness and efficiency views that shape real-world policy influence by elites, and that Ivy League MBA students serve as a valid proxy for the broader set of elites who disproportionately affect policymaking.

C3one line summary

Ivy League MBA students exhibit weaker meritocratic fairness views and greater efficiency responsiveness than the general US population when making redistribution choices in a lab setting.

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arxiv: 2503.15443 · arxiv_version: 2503.15443v6 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2503.15443 · pith_short_12: GFC6SDSM4R5G · pith_short_16: GFC6SDSM4R5GT3A5 · pith_short_8: GFC6SDSM

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