the concurrent decline in welfare-state redistribution. This paper develops a model, which can provide an explanation for …-economy balance and the redistributive policies. The paper highlights the differences in the political-economy induced redistribution …

The extent of taxation and redistribution policy is generally determined as a political-economy equilibrium by a … burden and less redistribution than would be the case with no immigration, even though migrants (naturally) join the pro …-tax/transfer coalition. Data on 11 European countries over the period 1974 to 1992 are consistent with the implications of the theory: a …

: redistribution between rich and poor, young and old, employed and unemployed, resident of different regions, and labor and capital …, focusing on their implications for rent extraction by politicians, redistribution and public goods provision …

second generation. The paper characterizes the determinants of the equilibrium intergenerational redistribution carried out … redistribution. The key features of the model are heterogeneity within each generation and altruism across generations …

Even relatively poor people oppose high rates of redistribution because of the anticipation that they or their children … in large-scale expropriation and highly progressive redistribution. But is it compatible with everyone -- especially the …

determination of a country's political regime, trade policy and income-tax-based redistribution scheme. Three socioeconomic groups …

The extent of taxation and redistribution policy is generally determined at a political-economy equilibrium by a … tax burden and less redistribution than without migration, even though the migrants (naturally) join the pro-tax cum …