explanation for the poor empirical support encountered by political economy models of income redistribution. It shows that … platforms, and vote-seeking political parties should take this into account: as a consequence, redistribution will generally be …, an increase in inequality will not unambigously increase redistribution. Finally, introducing endogenous information may …

This paper explores whether professional macroeconomic forecasters manipulate their forecasts to influence voting …

recommendations. We find that voting recommendations do indeed matter, implying that even in a secularized world, religion plays a … crucial role in voting decisions. …

can only be reconciled by compromise or by voting. The greatest number must be of citizens alive today, but governments …

Rightleaning voting and political preferences: given their own social status, the upwardly-mobile are therefore more Left-wing. We …