This paper argues for the importance of individuals’ tolerance of inequality for <p> economic growth. By using the … political ideology of governments as a measure of <p> revealed tolerance of inequality, the paper shows that controlling for … ideology improves <p> the accuracy with which the effects of inequality are measured. Results show that <p> inequality reduces …

Previous findings suggest that income inequality leads to lower legal quality. This paper <p> argues that voters …’ tolerance of inequality exerts an additional influence. Empirical <p> findings suggest that inequality leads to lower legal … quality due to its effect on trust <p> while the tolerance of inequality, proxied by the political ideology of the median …