impact on voting. The US and the EU introduced targeted measures against Russian entities and individuals related to Putin … effect on voting can be explained as rally-around-the-flag in the face of sanctions, as long as voters did not endure …

Under simple majority voting an absolute majority of voters may choose policies that are harmful to minorities. It is … the purpose of sub- and super-majority rules to protect legitimate minority interests. We study how voting rules are … choose voting rules for given distributions of gains and losses that can arise from a policy, but before learning their own …

Welfare states redistribute both between individuals (inter-individual redistribution) reducing annual, cross …-sectional inequality and over the lifecycle of an individual (intra-individual redistribution) insuring individuals against income risks in … the long-term. But studies measuring redistribution often focus on a one-year period and the second aspect is neglected …

for redistribution. We leverage a quasi-experiment in Finland, where every year on the so-called tax day, the authorities … earnings of the top 10% are unfair, but that public support for redistribution remains largely unaffected. A notable exception … are top earners, who decrease their support for redistribution, and young people, who increase their support for …