In this paper we explore how individual social preferences correlate with political support for redistribution. We ran … political support for distributive policies. The main correlates for support of redistribution are the beliefs concerning the …

This paper develops a new model of trade policy under dictatorship and democratization. The paper makes two …

We review the literature on the public choice approach to explaining redistribution policies. The focus is on policies … that are pursued with the sole reason to redistribute initial endowments. Moreover, we restrict ourselves to redistribution … in democracies. In democratic settings, generic redistribution games lack equilibria. Structure-inducing rules that give …

), that higher levels of income inequality are associated with more terrorism. Consistent with relative deprivation theory, we … terrorism to voice dissent and achieve a redistribution of wealth. Furthermore, we provide evidence of an indirect effect of …

The goal of this paper is to study the effects of introducing income redistribution at the municipal level, with the … decentralizing income redistribution as it may lead to consistent tax manipulation and large distortions in fiscal policy. …

price shock can push the country into a situation where the elite face a commitment problem that only democratization can …This paper shows how a world price shock can increase the likelihood that democratization must be used to resolve the … threat of revolution. Initially, a ruling elite may be able to use trade policy to maintain political stability. But a world …

have taken place. We test this unexplored implication of the theory empirically. We find in a world sample from 1970 to …

and the extent of redistribution in democratic regimes - though such a link does not exist when objective measures of …