redistribution among citizens from different socioeconomic backgrounds and the actual extent of government redistribution. Our focus … on redistribution arises from the inherent class conflicts it engenders in policy choices, allowing us to examine whose … realized redistribution. This finding contradicts the expectations of both leading experts and regular citizens …

lower than the average American. Is this due to a lack of public support for taxation? Is it due to misperceptions about … designed multiple treatments based on research on preferences for redistribution and arguments made by academics, journalists … treatments would positively affect the demand for taxation, most treatments have a null or negative effect. Providing information …

, trigger backlash, increasing support for anti-immigrant parties and lowering preferences for redistribution and diversity …

If individuals evaluate outcomes relative to the status quo, then a social planner may limit redistribution from rich … know (when we observe near-complete redistribution). Subjects who are themselves risk-seeking over losses drive the effect … suggest that respect for reference points of the wealthy may help explain why voters demand less redistribution than standard …