rise in inequality will lead to more redistribution. This paper shows that, for the UK in the period 1983-2004, a plausibly … exogenous rise in income inequality has not been associated with increased redistribution. We then explore this further using … attitudinal data. We show that the demand for redistribution, having shown considerable variation over time, is at an all-time low …

redistributive effects of taxation and public spending in the UK. Redistribution is not at the top of people’s minds when they … of ‘fairness’ and ‘mutuality’ to the structures of taxation and public spending. Fairness in taxation may involve more … progressivity than the current system, and those with low incomes may need more help. The support this implies for the …

context of public attitudes to inequality and different forms of redistribution. It compares the distributional effects of the …This paper takes as its starting point Henry Neuburger's injunction that taxation must be seen as a contribution to the … public attitudes. However, delays between Budget announcements and implementation meant that inequality and relative poverty …

This paper contributes to the burgeoning research on inequality and top incomes around the globe by presenting the …

Commodity taxes have three distinct roles: (1) revenue collection, (2) interpersonal redistribution, and (3) resource …, which leads to the 'generalised Ramsey rule' for optimum taxation. We show how many standard results on optimum taxation and …

low, the equilibrium policy is characterized by some amount of general income redistribution and some targeted transfers … interest groups and against general redistribution. As diversity increases further, however, only general redistribution …

Public provision of private goods such as education is usually viewed as a form of redistribution in kind. However …, does it arise when income redistribution is feasible as well? In this paper I analyse a two-dimensional model of political … decision making. Society has to choose both the tax rate and the allocation of the revenues between income redistribution and …