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show that people do care about fairness in their demand for redistribution. In this article, in the spirit of the "new … synthesis" in moral psychology (Haidt, 2007: The new synthesis in moral psychology) the author proposes to modelize the voting … behavior over redistribution as the interaction between (a) an automatic cognitive process which quickly generates intuitions …
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This paper analyzes voting on a linear income tax which is redistributed lump sum to the taxpayers. Individuals can …
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Income mobility is often thought to equalize permanent incomes and thereby to improve social welfare. The welfare analysis of mobility often fails, however, to account for the cost of the variability of periodic incomes around permanent incomes. This paper assesses the net welfare benefit of...
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In this paper I will analyse the redistribution of income amongst n generations using the Single-mindedness Theory. I …
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The paper examines the impact of income inequality and mobility on income redistribution in a modified median voter … inequality. We also examine the effect of the length of electoral periods on redistribution and welfare for different groups and … allow for majority voting on the length of electoral periods. Finally, we extend the model to encompass retirement and baby …
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Are differences in preferences for redistribution between right and left wing voters amplified because of … to convergence in preferences for redistribution and charitable giving between right and left wing voters. The effect …
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We study communication in committees selecting one of two alternatives when consensus is required and agents have private information about their preferences. Delaying the decision is costly, so a form of multiplayer war of attrition emerges. Waiting allows voters to express the intensity of...
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Can right-wing terrorism increase support for far-right populist parties, and if so, why? Exploiting quasi-random variation between successful and failed attacks across German municipalities, we find that successful attacks lead to significant increases in the vote share for the right-wing,...
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