The debate on whether democracy and inequality increase the level of redistribution is ongoing. We construct a model … that predicts higher probability of redistribution in democracies than autocracies through social transfers. Higher … inequality leads to more redistribution in democracies but not necessarily in autocracies. Using the new data on Non …

that quantitative answers regarding the reduction-redistribution trade-offs of such policies remain limited. Looking at the … reduction-redistribution trade-off of different policy mixes. Our results for the reduction-redistribution trade-off show that a …