redistribution were consolidated in countries with political democracy and established interest representation. They were lowest in …

political power at the expenses of the median voter. In particular, investments in lobbying activities allow the rich to obtain … variable taxes and lobbying. In addition, it is established the existence of a transitional dynamics featuring convergence to a … balanced growth path, characterized by constant taxes and lobbying (and a constant growth rate of consumption and capital …

The debate on whether democracy and inequality increase the level of redistribution in a country is still ongoing. We … construct a model that predicts a higher probability of redistribution in democracies than in autocracies. Further, with higher … initial inequality, there should be more redistribution in democracies but not necessarily in autocracies. We test these …

and the extent of redistribution in democratic regimes - though such a link does not exist when objective measures of …

The debate on whether democracy and inequality increase the level of redistribution is ongoing. We construct a model … that predicts higher probability of redistribution in democracies than autocracies through social transfers. Higher … inequality leads to more redistribution in democracies but not necessarily in autocracies. Using the new data on Non …

We examine the effect of prospects of upward mobility (POUM) on the support for redistribution in an intragenerational … negatively affects support for redistribution. Left-wing individuals on the other hand prefer redistribution, regardless of …

Why do individuals' preferences for redistribution often diverge widely from their material self-interest? Using an … political economy of redistribution and the potential for information interventions to shift support for fiscal adjustment …

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 …