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belonging to their own group than the rest of the population. Within a model of political tax determination, both … fractionalization and group antagonism reduce the support for redistribution. Whereas within group inequality increases support for … redistribution, inequality between groups has the opposite effect. All these results hold even if a poor group is in majority. Using …
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No voters cast their votes based on perfect information, but better educated and richer voters are on average better informed than others. We develop a model where the voting mistakes resulting from low political knowledge reduce the weight of poor voters, and cause parties to choose political...
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The present paper seeks to explain the pattern of income redistribution in a globalised world of increased market … affects redistribution. …
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