Why do tax rates vary so much across countries? We study the role of altruism and ethnic fragmentation in …. Social identification directs voters' altruism toward specific social groups. We identify three main factors that lead to low … levels of redistribution and tax rates in the political equilibrium: (i) in-group altruism of the rich voters|which we refer …

This paper advances and empirically establishes the idea that altruism is an important determinant of individual …

that altruism is important for remitting, as the GDP differential between sending and receiving countries is positively …

main results show evidence of strong altruism effects, but these estimated effects differ across countries, differ between …

that altruism is important for remitting, as the GDP differential between sending and receiving countries is positively …