@article{Benabou2006,
	title = {Belief in a {Just} {World} and {Redistributive} {Politics}},
	volume = {121},
	url = {http://qje.oxfordjournals.org/content/121/2/699.abstract},
	doi = {10.1162/qjec.2006.121.2.699},
	abstract = {International surveys reveal wide differences between the views held{\textbackslash}nin different countries concerning the causes of wealth or poverty{\textbackslash}nand the extent to which people are responsible for their own fate.{\textbackslash}nAt the same time, social ethnographies and experiments by psychologists{\textbackslash}ndemonstrate individuals' recurrent struggle with cognitive dissonance{\textbackslash}nas they seek to maintain, and pass on to their children, a view of{\textbackslash}nthe world where effort ultimately pays off and everyone gets their{\textbackslash}njust desserts. This paper offers a model that helps explain i) why{\textbackslash}nmost people feel such a need to believe in a �just world�; ii) why{\textbackslash}nthis need, and therefore the prevalence of the belief, varies considerably{\textbackslash}nacross countries; iii) the implications of this phenomenon for international{\textbackslash}ndifferences in political ideology, levels of redistribution, labor{\textbackslash}nsupply, aggregate income, and popular perceptions of the poor. More{\textbackslash}ngenerally, the paper develops a theory of collective beliefs and{\textbackslash}nmotivated cognitions, including those concerning �money� (consumption){\textbackslash}nand happiness, as well as religion.},
	number = {2},
	journal = {The Quarterly Journal of Economics},
	author = {Bénabou, Roland and Tirole, Jean},
	year = {2006},
	pages = {699--746},
}

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