growth across the globe. In a large sample of countries, equality in the distribution of income as measured by the World Bank … and by The Standardized World Income Inequality Database are seen to be correlated with economic diversification, the rule … in the World Values Survey, and democracy, all of which are good for growth as reflected in the purchasing power of per …

find that Germans systematically underestimate their true place in the world’s income distribution, but that correcting …

phenomenon across the globe. Upward-biased perceptions are associated with lower preferences for redistribution and have direct … redistribution preferences, is independent of socio-demographic characteristics, robust to measurement errors in social surveys, and …

consider some of the implications of globalization for policy design, both within federal systems and across countries …. Although globalization poses new challenges for fiscal systems, it does not necessarily imply that redistributive policy … becomes untenable and possibly enhances the need for redistribution …