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A little fairness may induce a lot of redistribution in democracy

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A Little Fairness May Induce a Lot of Redistribution in Democracy

Tyran, Jean-Robert; Sausgruber, Rupert - 2008

We use a model of self-centered inequality aversion suggested by Fehr and Schmidt (1999) to study voting on redistribution. We theoretically identify two classes of conditions when an empirically plausible amount of fairness preferences induces redistribution through referenda. We test the...

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