explain the persistence of barriers to entry in new democracies. In the model agents vote for a rate of redistribution and for … a society democratizes, under certain conditions this leads only to the rise of redistribution, rather than to the …

allows the elite to make credible commitments of future income redistribution in favor of the citizens, while a limited … aftermath of major wars. Motivated by this fact, we offer a theory of political transitions which focuses on the impact of … an oligarchy adopting a mass-army may voluntarily decide to promise some amount of income redistribution to its citizens …

allows the elite to make credible commitments of future income redistribution in favor of the citizens, while a limited … evidence consistent with our theory is also provided. -- Autocracy ; democracy ; wars ; redistribution … aftermath of major wars. Motivated by this fact, we offer a theory of political transitions which focuses on the impact of …

-market aspirations - and forces the elite to expand redistribution. Along the lines of this trade-off, our theory provides a Lipsetian …The paper reexamines Lipset's theory of democratization, by distinguishing the role of (economic) development from that … accumulation. On the one side, education prompts economic growth and enriches the budget of the autocratic elite. On the other side …

competition. If suffrage is restricted to the elite, this will result in poor corporate control rights and more reliance on banks …

in fiscal redistribution across modern welfare states. Contrary to the assertion that there is robust evidence in support … than earnings) is positively associated with fiscal redistribution. In sum, revisiting an influential contribution to the … literature offers no support for the proposition that the structure of inequality has consequences for fiscal redistribution. …

towards redistribution than non-migrants. However, differences between migrants' and non-migrants' redistributive preferences …