efficient than other redistribution schemes such as transfers financed with an income tax. Often, this outcome is attributed to … does not change the equilibrium. Only a long run commitment to a minimum level of redistribution restores efficiency …

externalities attributable to giving. The fundamental reason is that transfer tax reform can be combined with adjustments to other … aspects of the fiscal system, notably the income tax, so as to keep constant most effects other than externalities …

Motivated by the recent rise of populism in western democracies, we develop a model in which a populist backlash … development, and trade deficits are more vulnerable to populism, both in the model and in the data. Evidence on who voted for …

Populism may seem like it has come out of nowhere, but it has been on the rise for a while. I argue that economic … distinguish between left-wing and right-wing variants of populism, which differ with respect to the societal cleavages that …

This paper asks whether history should change the way in which economists and economic historians think about populism …. We use Müller's definition, according to which populism is 'an exclusionary form of identity politics, which is why it …. Second, there is no necessary relationship between populism and anti-globalization sentiment. Third, economists have …

We study whether anger fuels the rise of populism. Anger as an emotion tends to act as a call to action against … a more complex sense of malaise and gloom, rather than anger per se, drives the rise in populism …