redistribution. Estimating a DSGE model with microdata on the support for redistribution, I find that if voters disregarded their … ideological views on welfare policies, redistribution in the US would increase 117%. Because ideology is a more important … on redistribution. Among the drivers of ideology, I find that racial animosity and distrust of the government contributes …

significantly increased redistribution to nonwinners who performed similarly well. We find that transparency can effectively alter …

CEE both former members of the Communist parties and their children have stronger preferences for redistribution than the … rest of the population, in Russia former CPSU members do not exhibit stronger preferences for redistribution - at the same … time, their children support redistribution. …

This paper shows that franchise extension is not enough for commitment to redistribution and that in the absence of de … democratic reform that extends the political rights of a threatening group and redistribution during periods of revolutionary … threat. Far from causing an increase in broad redistribution (e.g. social spending), I show that democratic reform - the …