A benchmark result in the political economy of taxation is that the degree of redistribution is positively linked to … enforcement, we show that higher inequality may well decrease the extent of redistribution, depending on two opposing effects: the …

We examine whether and to what extent political institutions explain different performances in income redistribution … across countries. In particular, we first review available sources of data and measures of income redistribution, discussing … explanations of redistribution from resources and instruments, as well as supply side factors. We then provide empirical evidence …

populism and populist voting in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election. I discover that recent unemployment during the Great …

parties are not motivated by reciprocity. We show that reciprocity may have dramatic consequences for models of voting …

This paper analyzes simultaneous voting on the wage tax rate and investment in public education with three overlapping … benefits. The presence of productivity differences introduces a time-consistency problem with repeated voting. This can be …

We suggest a probabilistic voting model where voters' preferences for alternative public goods display habit formation …