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This paper uses variation in the timing of the Mexican antipoverty program's introduction across municipalities to identify its impact on the share of votes for the local incumbent party. Evidence is found that voters reward the mayor's party for the central benefit to their constituencies,...
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therefore have a systematic influence on election results. Using administrative migration and voting data, we show that counties … find no effects on incumbent parties. In addition, our results show increased voting for parties with pro …-wing parties. The results have important policy implications for voting regulations. …
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redistribution policies. The interaction of the two effects has so far not been analyzed in isolation. We find that the direction of … the empirical debate on the validity of the median-voter approach for explaining the relation between income inequality … and redistribution levels. …
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redistribution policies. The interaction of the two effects has so far not been analyzed in isolation. We find that the direction of … the empirical debate on the validity of the median-voter approach for explaining the relation between income inequality … and redistribution levels. …
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regime changes are often followed by redistribution to the poor at the expense of the former elite. We argue that the reason …
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relationship between inequality and redistribution is nonmonotonic; societies with intermediate levels of inequality consolidate … redistributive than a nondemocratic regime, and this gives the elite an incentive to mount a coup. Because inequality makes democracy … democracy and redistribute more than both very equal and very unequal countries. We also show that asset redistribution, such as …
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fractionalization and group antagonism reduce the support for redistribution. Whereas within group inequality increases support for … redistribution, inequality between groups have the opposite effect. All these results hold even if a poor group is in majority. Using … increases and between group inequality decreases redistribution. …
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a two-party system in which the left-wing party has a larger preference for redistribution than the right-wing party … government has incentives to fi- nance redistribution via external debt to avoid distortionary income taxation. On the other hand …
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model where the voting mistakes resulting from low political knowledge reduce the weight of poor voters, and cause parties …, income is more important in affecting voting behavior for more informed voters than for less informed voters. Further, when …
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effects on preferences for redistribution of correcting faulty beliefs. We implement a tailor-made survey in Sweden and … income position. Respondents who learn that they are richer than they thought demand less redistribution and increase their … altruism or moral values about redistribution. Moreover, the effect can be reconciled by people with political preferences to …
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