We develop a model of optimal carbon taxation and redistribution taking into account horizontal equity concerns by … welfare maximizing tax structure. We calibrate the model to German household data and a 30 percent emission reduction goal …-efficient households if and only if social inequality aversion is sufficiently high. We further find that redistribution of carbon tax …

In many OECD countries income inequality has risen, but surprisingly redistribution as well. The theory attributes this …

typically led to an expansion in redistribution, at least in the small sample of episodes studied. Similarly, and more …

paper documents the demographic and fiscal importance of international migration, especially in aging societies, reviews the …

We examine in how far people's experiences of income inequality affect their preferences for redistribution. We use … growing up are less in favor of redistribution, after controlling for income, demographics, unemployment experiences and …

standards. The workhorse models of optimal income taxation call for more redistribution as inequality rises. By contrast, living …. Rising living standards dampen by at least 25% the desired increase in redistribution due to rising inequality. …

We study beliefs about wealth inequality and preferences for wealth redistribution. For this, we conduct a large …-scale online survey in Germany. First, we analyze how well participants are informed about the German wealth distribution and their … position in it. Second, we investigate how preferences for wealth redistribution are affected by an information experiment. One …