The relationship between inequality and redistribution is usually studied under the assumption that the government …

change decisions. This theory is often applied to weighted voting situations, where voters can cast multiple votes. Measuring … will be present, a thin majority may quickly melt away making a coalition that is winning in theory a losing one in …

While they use the language of game theory known measures of a priory voting power are hardly more than statistical …

redistribution and retraining - that arguably characterize many reform packages. We analyse the interaction of compensatory … redistribution and retraining programmes, and demonstrate that the provision of redistributive programmes might distort incentives …. Conversely, it may be possible for an economic reform to win political support in the absence of compensatory redistribution …

model with pollution as an aggregate externality. The decisive voter chooses redistribution contributing to abatement … financing. By comparing the optimal taxation under alternative political regimes we analyze their implications for environment …, efficiency and growth. We find that left regimes, choosing more progressive redistribution, maintain better environmental quality …

' policy choices by transferring money to them. We observe very high levels of redistribution - even when transfers to …

for redistribution. We leverage a quasi-experiment in Finland, where every year on the so-called tax day, the authorities … earnings of the top 10% are unfair, but that public support for redistribution remains largely unaffected. A notable exception … are top earners, who decrease their support for redistribution, and young people, who increase their support for …