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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 voters …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294833
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013123338
We experimentally study the disincentive effect of taxing work and redistributing tax revenues when redistribution is … substantially smaller when redistribution is chosen in a vote than when it is imposed. Redistribution seems to be more legitimate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012869210
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009737527
We experimentally study the disincentive effect of taxing work and redistributing tax revenues when redistribution is … substantially smaller when redistribution is chosen in a vote than when it is imposed. Redistribution seems to be more legitimate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012162971
decisions and to result in “excessive” redistribution. Yet, voters eventually learn to overcome fiscal illusion. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005749594
redistribution. We theoretically identify two classes of conditions when an empirically plausible amount of fairness preferences … induces redistribution through referenda. We test the predictions of the adapted inequality aversion model in a simple … redistribution experiment, and find that it predicts voting outcomes far better than the standard model of voting assuming …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005696724
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009145185
a fair distribution. Does such a concern matter for majority voting on redistribution? Fairness preferences are relevant … for redistribution outcomes only if fair voters are pivotal. Pivotality, in turn, depends on the structure of income … classes. We experimentally study voting on redistribution between two income classes and show that the effects of inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009145765
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011048637