inequality for support for redistribution? We study these questions in a staggered experiment with a representative sample of the … redistribution. These results hide, however, important heterogeneity because the effects of beliefs about inequality for demand for … redistribution are preference-dependent: only affluent inequality averse individuals, but not the selfish and altruistic ones …

preferences for redistribution in Italy. Our randomized treatments show that preferences for redistribution are generally …

(voting, lobbying, protesting etc.) is positively correlated with income. Therefore, a paradoxical result emerges: why do the …

between beneficiary groups lowers perceived fairness and increases the demand for redistribution. Both citizens and … favor of more redistribution from high to low earners in the retirement phase. Our design utilizes a representative survey …

agents' biased perceptions with this information has a significant effect on their stated preferences for redistribution … levels of redistribution when informed of their true ranking. This relationship between biased perceptions and political … attitudes provides an alternative explanation for the relatively low degree of redistribution observed in modern democracies …

explores their potential impact on preferences for redistribution. A tailored household survey provides original evidence on … they were relatively richer than they were tend to demand higher levels of redistribution when informed of their true … ranking. -- income distribution ; biased perceptions ; limited information ; preferences for redistribution …

agents' biased perceptions with this information has a significant effect on their stated preferences for redistribution … levels of redistribution when informed of their true ranking. This relationship between biased perceptions and political … attitudes provides an alternative explanation for the relatively low degree of redistribution observed in modern democracies …

redistribution. In my model, people sort into groups according to income and as a result they become biased about the shape of the … presence of segregation, and hence to a fall in peoples support for redistribution. I motivate my main assumptions with …