augmented with a heterogeneous agents lobbying game. Model simulations match the dynamics of structural change, inequality, and … across sectors, attracting substantial lobbying efforts by special interest groups. Yet, the link between structural change … and lobbying remains underexplored. Using more than 150 years of data on parliamentary petitions in USA and Britain, we …

augmented with a heterogeneous agents lobbying game. Model simulations match the dynamics of structural change, inequality, and … across sectors, attracting substantial lobbying efforts by special interest groups. Yet, the link between structural change … and lobbying remains underexplored. Using more than 150 years of data on parliamentary petitions in USA and Britain, we …

augmented with a heterogeneous agents lobbying game. Model simulations match the dynamics of structural change, inequality, and … across sectors, attracting substantial lobbying efforts by special interest groups. Yet, the link between structural change … and lobbying remains underexplored. Using more than 150 years of data on parliamentary petitions in USA and Britain, we …

and by The Standardized World Income Inequality Database are seen to be correlated with economic diversification, the rule … in the World Values Survey, and democracy, all of which are good for growth as reflected in the purchasing power of per …

inequality from net inequality and allows us to calculate redistributive transfers for a large number of country …-year observations. Our main findings are: 1. More unequal societies tend to redistribute more. 2. Lower net inequality is robustly … correlated with faster and more durable growth, for a given level of redistribution. 3. Redistribution appears generally benign …

introduces a market for bureaucratic capital, which explains why in equilibrium, the government allows this unethical, yet not …

Greater democracy increases the voice of the people, creating political contestation and participation, and leading to … pro-labor institutional changes, higher wages and lower inequality. Political voice may therefore have a redistributive … effect that is independent of redistribution through public finances. Using data from Britain and Ireland during a time when …