This paper analyzes voting on a linear income tax which is redistributed lump sum to the taxpayers. Individuals can …

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 …

government redistribution to be a function of the income of the median voter. Because turnout has fallen drastically in the …

redistribution. Although they are in most cases strongly progressive, the low redistributive effect is mainly due to their small size …