period, and inequality is persistent. Inflation in our model is a mechanism of redistribution, and we find that the link …In this paper we examine the dynamics of the link between inequality and inflation from a political economy perspective … between inequality and inflation within any period or over time depends on institutional and preference related parameters …

between income inequality and redistribution. Then, it introducesthree specifications to endogenize ERI. In these various … common element in these variousspecifications. While income inequality increases the pressure for redistribution it … empirical evidencefor a positive relationship between income inequality and redistribution.The second substantive essay …

development also produces more efficient institutions and eliminates certain perverse incentives in government that result in … income inequality and reduces the level of corruption. Increasing financial market development also increases political … competition and civil rights protection in addition to increasing the effectiveness of government and regulatory levels …

I examine the question whether social insurance is an appropriate means of redistribution in the presence of an …

coefficient, but is exogenous to any behavioral response. Analyzing the effect of this redistribution index on inequality, I find … redistribution and inequality. … create a “simulated tax redistribution index”, which captures the mechanical impact of the changes in tax policy on the gini …

stärker vorangetrieben, während Länder mit einer Consensus-Demokratie, einem Präsidialregime, einer Koalitionsregierung und …, aber nicht sehr signifikant wirkte. Das Lobbying mancher Unternehmen war hierbei so erfolgreich, dass gerade solche Märkte … Gleichschaltung der politischen Ziele unter den Unternehmen fördert und damit weniger Lobbying nötig ist, um die so koordinierte Ziele …

that increased mobility of production factors will pose a severe threat to redistribution possibility is less acute than it …

This paper investigates the empirical relationship between the size of government and the process of economic growth in … government sector on economic growth. Using annual time series data for the period 1964-1999, it is found that government … expenditure exerts a strong beneficial impact on economic growth. However, marginal factor productivity in the government sector …