majority voting on redistribution? Fairness preferences are relevant for redistribution outcomes only if fair-minded voters are … pivotal. Pivotality, in turn, depends on the structure of income classes. We experimentally study voting on redistribution … to matter if the "rich" are in majority. With a "poor" majority, we find that redistribution outcomes look as if all …

taxes on consumers are more salient to consumers than equivalent taxes on sellers because consumers underestimate the extent … of tax shifting in the market. We show that tax salience biases consumers' voting on tax regimes, and that experience is … experience with the tax regimes they are less likely to be biased. -- tax salience ; learning ; deliberation ; voting …

fund capture. A model is presented where rich voters can block redistribution by buying the votes of some poor voters. In … equilibrium there is only limited redistribution and income tax rates are a negative function of government corruption. When rich …

redistribution. We present results from a large-scale online experiment with more than 4,000 participants. The experiment features a …