In this paper we explore how individual social preferences correlate with political support for redistribution. We ran … political support for distributive policies. The main correlates for support of redistribution are the beliefs concerning the …

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. …

Empirical studies have shown that preferences for redistribution are significantly correlated with expectations of … significantly and positively affects preferences for redistribution. On the other hand, living in an area where most citizens do not … stigmatize rent seeking, makes men more favourable to redistribution, which may be seen as a social equalizer in an unfair …

governmental redistribution measures, I argue that there is no direct, but an indirect relationship between ethnic diversity and … natives' support for redistribution, with attitudes towards immigrants and immigration acting as mediators. By applying … bivariate recursive probit estimations, I can decompose the predictors' marginal effects on natives' support for redistribution …

the national government to address inequality through redistribution by providing them with information about inequality … preferences for redistribution are only elastic to information in some countries and in the United States both types of … information lowered support for redistribution. Secondly, in middle income countries, information about people's position in the …

explanation built on the existence of a size effect in the political economy of redistribution, particularly in the presence of … different channels of popular request for redistribution, e.g. "institutional" channels and "revolutions". Based on the …