Marjit, Sugata; Mukherjee, Vivekananda; Kolmar, Martin - In: The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development 15 (2006) 3, pp. 325-333
In a simple model based on political support approach, we show that poor and less egalitarian societies may impose a lower tax rate contrary to the prediction of the median voter approach. This is consistent with the available empirical findings. In the framework developed in this paper, the...
