This paper reports results from a laboratory experiment that investigates the Meltzer-Richard model of equilibrium tax … rates, inequality, and income redistribution. We also extend that model to incorporate social preferences in the form of … altruism and inequality aversion. The experiment varies the amount of inequality and the collective choice procedure to …

This paper reports results from a laboratory experiment that investigates the Meltzer-Richard model of equilibrium tax … rates, inequality, and income redistribution. We also extend that model to incorporate social preferences in the form of … altruism and inequality aversion. The experiment varies the amount of inequality and the collective choice procedure to …

redistribution policies. The interaction of the two effects has so far not been analyzed in isolation. We find that the direction of … and redistribution levels. …

redistribution policies. The interaction of the two effects has so far not been analyzed in isolation. We find that the direction of … and redistribution levels. …

This paper provides a positive analysis of public provision of excludable public goods financed by uniform taxes or …-skewed distributions of preferences choose taxes, while a majority coalition of high and low preference individuals prefer fees when … preferences are sufficiently right-skewed. Public good provision under fees exceeds that under taxes in the latter case. …