We model the electoral politics of redistribution. Taxation has efficiency and equity effects. Citizens and parties … care about inequality in addition to their private concerns for consumption and votes respectively. In equilibrium, each …

We model the electoral politics of redistribution. Taxation has efficiency and equity effects. Citizens and parties … care about inequality in addition to their private concerns for consumption and votes respectively. In equilibrium, each …

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

There is abundant evidence on individual preferences for policies that reduce national inequality, but only little … evidence on preferences for policies addressing global inequality. To investigate the latter, we conduct a two-year, face … those misperceptions does not affect their support for policies related to global inequality. …

-led redistribution and greater acceptance of wage inequality (e.g., United States versus Western Europe). If individual nations evolve …-led redistribution to the poor. These patterns suggest that short-run inequality shocks can be reinforced in the labor market but do not …In cross-sectional studies, countries with greater income inequality typically exhibit less support for government …

Are differences in preferences for redistribution between right and left wing voters amplified because of … misperceptions of inequality? To answer this question, we conduct a nationally representative, randomized survey experiment of 2 …,584 Australians in which respondents either received information about the level of national inequality and economic mobility, their …