phaseout rates, the uniform redistribution policy is undesirable unless the redistributive tastes of the government are extreme …

If redistribution is distortionary, and if the income of skilled workers is due to knowledgeintensive activities and … reduction reduces statis inefficiency. On the other hand, standard redistribution also reduces the level of R and D because it … that standard redistribution always dominates limitations to IPRs. …

In this paper we deal with voluntary and compulsory redistribution in an economy where the enforcement of property … equilibrium. We were able to show the following results: (i) In some situations Pareto-improving redistribution occurs voluntarily …

The purpose of this paper is twofold. We first develop a contractarian theory of redistribution. The existence of rules … of redistribution is explained without any recourse to the risk-aversion of individuals. Hence, we depart from the … standard legitimization of redistribution as fundamental insurance and interpret it as stemming from a principle of reciprocity …

democracy with asymmetric information. The model considers not only redistribution between generations but also redistribution …, consumption levels are perfectly equalized within both generations. Second, a redistribution bias exists in favor of the old …

In this paper redistribution policy is analyzed in a 2-period overlapping generations model with heterogeneous …

The paper studies the effects and the determinants of interregional redistribution in a federation of jurisdictions …