Meltzer and Richard (1981), higher initial inequality levels do not correlate positively with redistribution. I conduct a …

This paper aims to advance understanding about the relationship between taxation and inequality in developing countries … taxes promoted the progressivity of the tax system and contributed to the reduction of inequality. Yet, the effectiveness of …

deal with vertical inequality – that is, fostering redistribution from the rich to the poor – less is known about their … performance in dealing with horizontal inequality, that is, in redistributing among socio-economic groups. In a context where … findings suggest that horizontal inequality is a dimension which policy makers should take into account when reforming tax and …

inequality through a real-world policy, rather than experimental treatments, may trigger only marginal changes in support for …

Advanced economies have a significantly longer history of using fiscal policy to tackle inequality and promote … policy can have a significant effect on inequality which provides some cause for optimism about its equity …

The inheritance tax is often seen as an effective tool to reduce wealth inequality, to raise public budgets if needed … tool for fighting wealth inequality without having distorting effects for the economy. For this purpose, the distributional …

What was the impact of urban political structure on economic inequality in preindustrial times? I document that more … closed political institutions were associated with higher economic inequality in a panel of early modern German cities. To … inequality. To mitigate concerns about reverse causality, I exploit the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) as a plausibly exogenous …