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Perceptions and Preferences for Redistribution
Stantcheva, Stefanie - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
The relationship between the degree of inequality and the demand for redistribution has been a central question in … gap between the income of the average and the median voter, should lead to increased demand for redistribution, as … demand for redistribution. Part of the explanation of this puzzle lies in the realization that it is not only (or even mainly …
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Equilibrium Tax Rates and Income Redistribution : A Laboratory Study
Agranov, Marina - 2014
rates, inequality, and income redistribution. We also extend that model to incorporate social preferences in the form of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458719
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Fiscal Federalism and the Role of the Income Tax
Gordon, Roger H. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This paper rethinks the design of the income tax by assuming that the objective of the tax is not to redistribute from rich to poor but instead to provide some insurance to individuals against the uncertainties they face in their future earnings, a motivation for the tax proposed in Buchanan...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014421180
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What Does the European Union Do?
Alesina, Alberto - 2001
We construct a set of indicators to measure the policy-making role of the European Union (European Council, Parliament, Commission, Court of Justice, etc.), in a selected number of policy domains. Our goal is to examine the division of prerogatives between European institutions and national...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470068
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Fiscal Federalism in Europe : Lessons From the United States Experience
Inman, Robert P. - 1991
The existing political and legal institutions of fiscal policy-making are under challenge. As the United States and the eastern European and Soviet states experiment with policy decentralization, the states of western Europe are looking to a more centralized policy structure via the E.E.C.. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012475043
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Fiscal Federalism and Optimum Currency Areas : Evidence for Europe From the United States
Sala-i-Martin, Xavier - 1991
The main goal of this paper is to estimate to what extent the federal government of the United States insures member states against regional income shocks. We find that a one dollar reduction in a region's per capita personal income triggers a decrease in federal taxes of about 34 cents and an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012475134
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Immigration and Preferences for Redistribution in Europe
Alesina, Alberto - 2019
We examine the relationship between immigration and attitudes toward redistribution using a newly assembled data set of … immigrants at the regional level, we find that native respondents display lower support for redistribution when the share of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479516
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Redistribution Policy : A European Model
Casella, Alessandra - 2002
Following the rationale for regional redistribution programs described in the official documents of the European Union … redistribution policy results from countries' uncoordinated policies, obviating the need for a central agency. But if countries have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469451
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Income Inequality, the Median Voter, and the Support for Public Education
Corcoran, Sean - 2010
Using a panel of U.S. school districts spanning 1970 - 2000, we examine the relationship between income inequality and fiscal support for public education. In contrast with recent theoretical and empirical work suggesting a negative relationship between inequality and public spending, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462558
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Democracy and Protectionism
O'Rourke, Kevin H. - 2006
Does democracy encourage free trade? It depends. Broadening the franchise involves transferring power from non-elected elites to the wider population, most of whom will be workers. The Hecksher-Ohlin-Stolper-Samuelson logic says that democratization should lead to more liberal trade policies in...
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