We develop a theory of endogenous political entrenchment in a simple two-party dynamic model of income redistribution … the net gain that low-skill agents obtain from income redistribution, which only the Left (but not the Right) can credibly …

Many observers have noticed the importance of anger in contemporary politics, particularly with reference to populism …

corruption perceptions, and preferences for redistribution in Latin America. Our empirical study is guided by a theoretical model … model perceived corruption influences people's preferences for redistribution through two channels. On the one hand it … undermines trust in government, which reduces people's support for redistribution. On the other hand, more corruption decreases …

' policy choices by transferring money to them. We observe very high levels of redistribution – even when transfers to …

time-consistency problem in income redistribution. There may be political support for so generous subsidization that it … income redistribution …

Increasing inequality and associated egalitarian sentiments have again put redistribution on the political agenda …. Other-regarding preferences may also affect support for redistribution, but knowledge about their distribution in the … national plebiscites, to study the link between other-regarding preferences and support for redistribution in a broad sample of …

preferences for redistribution. Exploiting the plausibly exogenous change in severity of the infection rate at the county level …, we show that, contrary to some theoretical expectations, the worse the crisis, the lower the support for redistribution …