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Your place in the world relative income and global inequality
Fehr, Dietmar; Mollerstrom, Johanna; Perez-Truglia, Ricardo - 2021
There is abundant evidence on individual preferences for policies that reduce national inequality, but only little evidence on preferences for policies addressing global inequality. To investigate the latter, we conduct a two-year, face-to-face survey experiment on a representative sample of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012507321
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Whose preferences matter for redistribution : cross-country evidence
Maréchal, Michel André; Cohn, Alain; Yusof, Jeffrey; … - 2023
redistribution among citizens from different socioeconomic backgrounds and the actual extent of government redistribution. Our focus … on redistribution arises from the inherent class conflicts it engenders in policy choices, allowing us to examine whose … realized redistribution. This finding contradicts the expectations of both leading experts and regular citizens. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014444875
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Whose Preferences Matter for Redistribution : Cross-country Evidence
Maréchal, Michel André; Cohn, Alain; Yusof, Jeffrey; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
redistribution among citizens from different socioeconomic backgrounds and the actual extent of government redistribution. Our focus … on redistribution arises from the inherent class conflicts it engenders in policy choices, allowing us to examine whose … realized redistribution. This finding contradicts the expectations of both leading experts and regular citizens …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014447295
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Party system institutionalization and reliance on personal income tax : exploring the relationship using new data
Schiller, Armin von - International Centre for Tax and Development - 2017
income tax. As a first step, the paper re-examines the relationship between party system institutionalization and taxation … support for two claims: first, that taxation is best understood as a problem of credible commitment, particularly where …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011597079
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Party system institutionalization and reliance on personal income tax in developing countries
Schiller, Armin von - 2015
developing countries, where bureaucratic capacity tends to be limited, taxation is best understood as a problem of credible …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011473151
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Fiscal capacity in non-democratic states : the origins and expansion of income tax
Andersson, Per F. - 2021
investments in taxation. In order not to risk being deposed by his or her elite supporters, a ruler needs to guarantee that new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012798707
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Explaining de facto judicial independence
Hayo, Bernd; Voigt, Stefan - 2005
A high degree of de facto judicial Independence (JI) functions as a crucial precondition of governments to credibly commit to legislative decisions, such as respecting private property rights. Thus, de facto JI should improve the allocative efficiency and may therefore contribute positively to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265725
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Political Economy of Public Policies: Insights from Distortions to Agricultural and Food Markets
Anderson, Kym; Rausser, Gordon; Swinnen, Johan - 2012
The agricultural and food sector is an ideal case for investigating the political economy of public policies. Many of the policy developments in this sector since the 1950s have been sudden and transfirmational, while others have been gradual but persistent. This article reviews and synthesizes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010313271
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Securing personal freedom through institutions : the role of electoral democracy and judicial independence
Berggren, Niclas; Gutmann, Jerg - 2019
Personal freedom is highly valued by many and a central element of liberal political philosophy. Although personal freedom is frequently associated with electoral democracy, developments in countries such as Hungary, Poland, Turkey and Russia, where elected populist leaders with authoritarian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011994154
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Securing personal freedom through institutions : the role of electoral democracy and judicial independence
Berggren, Niclas; Gutmann, Jerg - 2019
Personal freedom is highly valued by many and a central element of liberal political philosophy. Although personal freedom is frequently associated with electoral democracy, developments in countries such as Hungary, Poland, Turkey and Russia, where elected populist leaders with authoritarian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011995261