Many theoretical models show that redistribution causes low growth or capital outflows even though empirically … redistribution and growth are often found to be positively associated across countries. This paper argues that tax competition and … the danger of capital outflows leads optimizing governments to pursue high growth, no redistribution policies in …

In this paper education simultaneously affects growth and income inequality. More education does not necessarily … then decrease growth as well as income inequality, when measured by the Gini coefficient. There is no clear functional … relationship between growth and measured income inequality. The model identifies regimes of this relationship which depend …

, thus, endogenous. Conditioning on factor accumu- lation in growth regressions that also include endogenous policy variables … may then be problematic. When policy is endogenous the measured ef- fects of policy on growth will generally be biased …- cal viewpoint. The paper argues that regressing growth on policy may still yield important information if policy …

This paper analyzes the interplay of growth, (re-)distribution and policies when the latter are set exogenously or when … the latter depend on economically important fundamentals. A redistribution policy generally causes lower growth, but less … growth. The paper shows that the long-run cross-country relationship between growth and endogenous policy is generally not …

Many models show that redistribution is bad for growth. This paper argues that in a non-cooperative world optimizing … and lower GDP growth than 'left-left' competition. Efficiency differences allow for higher GDP growth and more … redistribution than one's opponent. Irrespective of efficiency differences, however, 'left-wing' governments have higher GDP growth …

be zero in the long run. In a neoclassical growth model a capital income cum investment subsidy tax, which is not …

partly to the redistributive effect of education spending. In the model income inequality and growth depend in an inverted U … requires more resources, which lowers pre-tax and post-tax income inequality as well as growth. Using consistently defined … income data from the Luxembourg Income Study suggests that there is a negative relationship between growth and income …

This paper analyzes the link between growth and public policy when the latter depends on economically important … fundamentals. When policy is endogenous the measured effects of policy on growth will generally be biased. Using a widely quoted … theoretical model, the signs of the biases are derived. It is shown that the usually reported effects on growth of tax rate …

Many theoretical models show that redistribution causes low growth or capital outflows even though empirically … redistribution and growth are often found to be positively associated across countries. This paper argues that tax competition and … the danger of capital outflows leads optimizing governments to pursue high growth, no redistribution policies in …