Voting on Income Redistribution : How a Little Bit of Altruism Creates Transitivity

We consider an election that is solely concerned with redistribution of income. It is well known that when voters are selfish, there is no political equilibrium. We consider the case where voters are modestly altruistic. We demonstrate that modest altruism results in a unique political equilibrium. We also provide an explanation for why voters are much more altruistic than individuals acting alone

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Year of publication:	2005
Authors:	Wittman, Donald
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Altruismus \| Altruism \| Umverteilung \| Redistribution \| Theorie \| Theory \| Wahlverhalten \| Voting behaviour

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (12 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments February 2005 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.672521 [DOI]
Classification:	D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making ; D64 - Altruism ; D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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