This paper analyzes the effects of information about inequality and taxes on preferences for redistribution using … interactive information on U.S. income inequality, the link between top income tax rates and economic growth, and the estate tax …. We find that the informational treatment has very large effects on whether respondents view inequality as an important …

We develop online survey experiments to analyze how information about inequality and taxes affects preferences for ….S. income inequality, the link between top income tax rates and economic growth, and the estate tax. An additional 6 … large effects on whether respondents view inequality as a problem. By contrast, it only slightly moves policy preferences (e …