The income reporting behaviour of wealthy Indians is a critical public finance issue. It has remained under … to examine the income reporting behaviour of politicians from across a wide range of wealth spectrums. The new dataset …, on average, wealthier candidates and their households report less income relative to their wealth. Consequently, most …

. They find that, in the 1950s and 1960s, voting for the "left" was associated with lower-educated and low-income voters …. After that, voting for the "left" has gradually become associated with higher-educated voters, while high-income voters have … continued to vote for the "right". In the 2010s, there is a disconnection between the effects of income and education on voting …

The paper presents a model where public pensions are determined by majority voting. Voters differ by age and income …. Moreover, life expectancy increases with income. Depending on the strength of the link between contributions and benefits, and … the relationship between income and life expectancy, individually optimal tax rates may increase or decrease with income …