Why do individuals' preferences for redistribution often diverge widely from their material self-interest? Using an … political economy of redistribution and the potential for information interventions to shift support for fiscal adjustment …

for redistribution. We leverage a quasi-experiment in Finland, where every year on the so-called tax day, the authorities … earnings of the top 10% are unfair, but that public support for redistribution remains largely unaffected. A notable exception … are top earners, who decrease their support for redistribution, and young people, who increase their support for …

Globalization is triggering a 'revenue shock' in developing economies. International trade taxes - once the primary …

impact is equalizing for direct taxes and unequalizing for indirect taxes. Overall, redistribution through taxes, without …This chapter analyzes the incidence on income distribution by a comprehensive array of direct and indirect taxes in ten … burden on the poor is high and even higher than on the rich. This is mainly a consequence of the high share of indirect taxes …