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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...
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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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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
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Political economy of oil resources management in Nigeria : lessons from other countries
Eregha, Perekunah B.; Mesagan, Ekundayo P. - 2019
The study focuses on the political economy of oil resources management in Nigeria with the sole purpose of showcasing how far the country has gone in effectively managing its crude oil proceeds. It presents a brief history on the excess crude account as well as the sovereign wealth fund in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012107798
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Organising co-existence in cyberspace : content regulation and privacy compared
Engel, Christoph - 2002
The Internet globalizes the world. National regulatory autonomy shrinks. Transferring data from one country to another is almost costless. Foreign content is just a click away. Why is it that states have been able to re-install co-existence in some policy areas, and not in others? In data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011582891