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 …

attendance, labor supply, wage determination, and aggregate production, which is used to compare alternative redistribution …

relationship between the political influence of the two groups and the level of taxation, public investment, redistribution of …

-led redistribution and greater acceptance of wage inequality (e.g., United States versus Western Europe). If individual nations evolve …-led redistribution to the poor. These patterns suggest that short-run inequality shocks can be reinforced in the labor market but do not … result in weaker political preferences for redistribution …

Following the rationale for regional redistribution programs described in the official documents of the European Union … redistribution policy results from countries' uncoordinated policies, obviating the need for a central agency. But if countries have …

In this paper I develop a positive theory of intergenerational transfers. I argue that transfers are a means to induce … theory in this paper is consistent with a number of regularities: transfers appear to be a luxury good that societies buy …