his paper surveys models of voting on redistribution. Under reasonable assumptions, the baseline model produces an …, redistribution is from rich to poor. Increasing inequality increases redistribution. However, under diŽerent assumptions about the … economic environment, redistribution may not be simply rich to poor, and inequality need not increase redistribution. Several …

recognized by all agents. I then use the framework to reassess the relationship between inequality and redistribution. The model … why the standard median-voter-based prediction, that more inequality produces more redistribution, has received little …I propose a framework in which individual political participation can take two distinct forms, voting and contributing …

curve in many Western economies during this period, with the fall in inequality following redistribution due to …During the nineteenth century, most Western societies extended voting rights, a decision that led to unprecedented … widespread social unrest and revolution. Political transition, rather than redistribution under existing political institutions …

relationship between inequality and redistribution is nonmonotonic; societies with intermediate levels of inequality consolidate … redistributive than a nondemocratic regime, and this gives the elite an incentive to mount a coup. Because inequality makes democracy … democracy and redistribute more than both very equal and very unequal countries. We also show that asset redistribution, such as …

relationship between inequality and redistribution is nonmonotonic; societies with intermediate levels of unequality consolidate … redistributive than a nondemocratic regime, and this gives the elite an incentive to mount a coup. Because inequality makes democracy … democracy and redistribute more than both very equal and very unequal countries. We also show that asset redistribution, such as …

This paper analyzes voting on a linear income tax which is redistributed lump sum to the taxpayers. Individuals can …

therefore have a systematic influence on election results. Using administrative migration and voting data, we show that counties … find no effects on incumbent parties. In addition, our results show increased voting for parties with pro …-wing parties. The results have important policy implications for voting regulations. …