Campaign Advertising, Redistribution and the Gap between Incomes of Rich and Poor

The effect of a widening of the distribution of income upon society's choice of the amount of redistribution is a balancing of two opposing forces: the increase in redistribution in response to the increased ratio of mean to median income and the decrease in response to the greater advertising advantage of the wealthier half of the population. One cannot say a priori which force predominates.

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Year of publication:	2011-11
Authors:	Usher, Dan
Institutions:	Economics Department, Queen's University
Subject:	Campaign Advertising \| Redistribution \| Income Distribution

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 1279 27 pages
Classification:	D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement ; D83 - Search, Learning, Information and Knowledge ; H26 - Tax Evasion
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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