FELD, LARS P.; FISCHER, JUSTINA A.V.; KIRCHGÄSSNER, GEBHARD - In: Economic Inquiry 48 (2010) 4, pp. 817-840
"In political economics, the impact of institutions on income redistribution is mainly studied by comparing different forms of representative democracy. In this article, we analyze the influence of direct democratic institutions on redistribution first focusing on welfare and nonwelfare spending...