The global trading system is currently undergoing another round of trade liberalization (the Uruguay Round), and regional economic integration is occurring in several parts of the world (e.g., EU, NAFTA). A surge in the interest in the environment has made the trade-environment link a part of...

This paper presents a spatial model of a city with two unequally productive jurisdictions. City residents bear a commuting cost to work in either of the two jurisdictions. In each jurisdiction, a fixed public budget must be financed with a wage tax and a head-tax. We compare the first best...

The global trading system is currently undergoing another round of trade liberalization (the Uruguay Round), and regional economic integration is occurring in several parts of the world (e.g., EU, NAFTA). A surge in the interest in the environment has made the trade-environment link a part of...

Supporters of left-wing parties typically place more emphasis on redistributive policies than right-wing voters. I investigate whether this difference in tolerating inequality is amplified by suspicious success - achievements that may arise from cheating. Using a laboratory experiment, I...

In this paper we study the determinants of people's attitudes toward income inequality and their consequences for redistributive policies. In the light of a recent literature in social choice theory, we argue that an individual's attitudes toward inequality depend upon the extent of autonomy...