the reasons for being poor. We develop and test a theo-ry about support for redistribution in the presence of target …

, their concept is able to explain what justifies a certain or optimal degree of inequality in the society. The authors …

the effects of two different constitutions (commitment or no commitment in tax policy), as well as income inequality …

the effects of two different constitutions (commitment or no commitment in tax policy), as well as income inequality …

the effects of two different constitutions (commitment or no commitment in tax policy), as well as income inequality …

the effects of two different constitutions (commitment or no commitment in tax policy), as well as income inequality …

fractionalization and group antagonism reduce the support for redistribution. Whereas within group inequality increases support for … redistribution, inequality between groups have the opposite effect. All these results hold even if a poor group is in majority. Using … increases and between group inequality decreases redistribution. …

a two-party system in which the left-wing party has a larger preference for redistribution than the right-wing party … government has incentives to fi- nance redistribution via external debt to avoid distortionary income taxation. On the other hand …

This paper estimates the marginal efficiency cost of redistribution (MECR) associated with a demogrant and an in … redistribution within family types. The inwork benefit policy looks even more favourable if paid to (and financed by) only singles …