Economists have generally argued that income redistribution comes at a cost in aggregate incomes. We provide a counter …

income distribution and the redistribution tastes of the government. When behavioral responses are concentrated along the …

skills or not. The government influences individual decision-making by redistribution of income or by subsidizing investment …

The purpose of the present note is to explore the structure of optimal income taxation/redistribution in an economy …, of course, an additional incentive for income redistribution from wealthy to poor citizens is created and the logical …

members choose either a risky reform or a safe alternative each period. When no redistribution is allowed the unique … equilibrium outcome is generically inefficient. When redistribution is allowed (even small amounts), there always exists an … policy experimentation is possible only with a sufficient amount of redistribution. We conclude that veto rights are more of …

provides a unique opportunity to study preferences for redistribution via revealed preference. We study the motives driving tax …