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. …

Gender differences in voting patterns and political attitudes towards redistribution are well-documented. The … experiments on preferences for redistribution conducted in the U.S. and several European countries to disentangle these potential …