central case analysis, revenues from globally internalizing carbon pricing rise to 7% and then fall to 5% of gross world …

In this paper we revisit the relationship between democracy, redistribution and inequality. We first explain the … theoretical reasons why democracy is expected to increase redistribution and reduce inequality, and why this expectation may fail … broadly consistent with a view that is different from the traditional median voter model of democratic redistribution …

some key marginal districts. This leads to less public goods, less rents for politicians, more redistribution and larger … politicians redistribution, and smaller government. We confront these predictions with cross-country data from around 1990 …

.e., within countries) redistribution has miniscule effect on world income inequality. Thus, the traditional public finance … concern about the excess burden of redistribution cannot explain why there is so little world redistribution. Actual foreign …An optimal linear world income tax that maximizes a border-neutral social welfare function provides a drastic reduction …

relationship between the political influence of the two groups and the level of taxation, public investment, redistribution of …

their effort, it will chose low redistribution and low taxes. In equilibrium effort will be high, the role of luck limited …

efficiency losses without achieving any net redistribution of income …