informed than others. We develop a model where the voting mistakes resulting from low political knowledge reduce the weight of …. In US election survey data, we nd that income is more important in a ecting voting behavior for more informed voters than …

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

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 …

redistribution policies. The interaction of the two effects has so far not been analyzed in isolation. We find that the direction of … and redistribution levels. …

informed than others. We develop a model where the voting mistakes resulting from low political knowledge reduce the weight of …. In US election survey data, we find that income is more important in a ecting voting behavior for more informed voters …

informed than others. We develop a model where the voting mistakes resulting from low political knowledge reduce the weight of …. In US election survey data, we find that income is more important in affecting voting behavior for more informed voters …

We study voting over education subsidies where poor individuals may be excluded and the rich may chose private … respect to the possibilities of political change seem general for problems of redistribution with excludability. …

Political economy models predict that the rich oppose redistribution, and hence vote for conservative parties. Although … Norwegian survey data, I study to what extent voting is caused by income. Unobserved characteristics correlated with income are … conservative voting persists when controlling for unobservables, the magnitude of the effect is reduced by a factor of five. To …

I study to what extent voters are forward looking and how future income affects the voting decision. Particularly, I … income, transitory income has no explanatory power on voting behaviour, supporting the hypothesis of forward looking voting …. As expected, a high expected permanent income leads to Conservative voting and a low income to Socialist voting. …

I study to what extent voters are forward looking and how future income affects the voting decision. Particularly, I … income, transitory income has no explanatory power on voting behaviour, supporting the hypothesis of forward looking voting …. As expected, a high expected permanent income leads to Conservative voting and a low income to Socialist voting. …