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Growing into and out of Social Conflict
Harms, Philipp; Zink, Stefan - 2002
wealth and the likelihood of radical redistribution: while the net benefits of redistribution for members of the poor class …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430034
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Inequality, democracy, institutional quality, and fiscal redistribution
Chong, Alberto; Gradstein, Mark - 2007
quality. The theoretical model suggests that income inequality, coupled with political bias in favor of the rich, decreases … redistribution and lowers institutional quality. The effect of the former is to increase productive investment, and the effect of the … in a panel of countries, the paper finds that inequality has a negative effect on both institutional quality and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278272
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Redistributive preferences, redistribution, and inequality: Evidence from a panel of OECD countries
Kuhn, Andreas - 2012
inequality and redistribution. Not surprisingly, the effective level of redistribution (after tax-and-transfer inequality) is … objective dimension of inequality and redistribution are, at least partially, linked with individuals' political preferences and … their voting behavior. The association between objective and subjective measures of inequality and redistribution vanishes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316895
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The taxation of trades in assets
Citanna, A.; Polemarchakis, H. M.; Tirelli, M. - 2001
When the asset market is incomplete, there typically exist taxes on trades in assets and a redistribution of revenue in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318989
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Predation, Efficiency, and Inequality
Grossman, Herschel I.; Kim, Minseong - 2002
This paper analyzes a general-equilibrium model in which each person can choose to be either a producer or a predator. This model shows how predation breaks the link between the interpersonal distribution of productive resources and the interpersonal distribution of consumption. SpeciÞcally, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010420244
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Women in top incomes: Evidence from Sweden 1974-2013
Boschini, Anne; Gunnarsson, Kristin; Roine, Jesper - 2018
Using a large, register-based panel data set we study gender differences in top incomes in Sweden over the period 1974-2013. We find that, while women are still a minority of the top decile group, and make up a smaller share the higher up in the distribution we move, their presence has steadily...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012013510
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Did the 2017 tax reform discriminate against blue state voters?
Altig, David; Auerbach, Alan J.; Higgins, Patrick; … - 2019
The Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) made significant changes to corporate and personal federal income taxation, including limiting the SALT (state and local property, income and sales taxes) deductibility to $10,000. States with high SALT tend to vote Democratic. This paper estimates the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012030289
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The Swedish inheritance and gift taxation, 1885-2004
Du Rietz, Gunnar; Henrekson, Magnus; Waldenström, Daniel - 2012
This paper studies the evolution of the modern Swedish inheritance taxation from its introduction in 1885 to its abolishment in 2004. A thorough description is offered of the basic principles of the tax, including underlying ideas and ambitions, tax schedules, and rules concerning valuation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321385
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Lifetime versus annual tax progressivity: Sweden, 1968-2009
Bengtsson, Niklas; Holmlund, Bertil; Waldenström, Daniel - 2012
This paper analyzes the evolution of tax progressivity in Sweden from both annual and lifetime perspectives. Using a rich micro panel with administrative records of incomes, taxes and benefits over the period 1968 - 2009, we calculate tax rates across the income distribution accounting for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321455
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The Wealth Distribution and Redistributive Preferences: Evidence from a Randomized Survey Experiment
Albacete, Nicolas; Fessler, Pirmin; Lindner, Peter - 2022
time a rather high level of wealth inequality. We estimate the causal effect of information of one's own rank in the wealth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013370156