Why are democracies so unequal? Despite the widespread expectation that democracy, via expansion of the franchise, would lead to redistribution in favor of the masses, in reality majorities regularly lose out in democracies. Taking a broad view of inequality as encompassing the distribution of...

Indonesia's Intergovernmental Transfer System -- Patronage in Central-Discretionary Transfer Allocations -- Favoritism in Subnational-Discretionary Transfer Allocations -- Patronage and Favoritism in Formula-Based Transfer Allocations.