Using a simple model of income redistribution, we show that the government may use tax evasion as a way to redistribute … income from the non- evaders to evaders. This will result then to a negative association between income inequality and per …

effects of tax evasion in Greece are higher income inequality and much lower progressivity of the income tax system. …

investigate whether this difference in tolerating inequality is amplified by suspicious success - achievements that may arise from … to different views on whether to accept inequality. Left-wing spectators substantially reduce inequality when cheating is …. These results suggest that redistributive preferences will diverge even more once public awareness increases that inequality …

This paper seeks to examine the effect of income inequality on the structure of tax policies. We first use a simplified … remains robust across various alternative measures of income inequality and most importantly through alternative political … regimes. In addition, our analysis places the spotlight on the potential reverse causality between income inequality and …

effects of tax evasion in Greece are higher income inequality and much lower progressivity of the income tax system. …

in terms of inequality, poverty, redistribution and progressivity of the income tax system in Greece, Hungary and Italy …

investigate whether this difference in tolerating inequality is amplified by suspicious success - achievements that may arise from … to different views on whether to accept inequality. Left-wing spectators substantially reduce inequality when cheating is …. These results suggest that redistributive preferences will diverge even more once public awareness increases that inequality …

A society that believes wealth to be determined by random "luck", rather than by merit, demands more redistribution. We … ground acceleration registered during each shock with survey data about individual opinions on redistribution we show that … inequalities should be levelled by redistribution. The shocks, however, are not all alike. We find that only the last three shakes …