for redistribution beyond self-interest. Subjects generated a high or a low income either through a lottery or through an …

source of inequality and the cost of redistribution. We show that Americans and Norwegians differ significantly in fairness …

We examine whether individuals' experienced levels of income inequality affect their preferences for redistribution. We … their lives are less in favor of redistribution, after controlling for income, demographics, unemployment experiences and … inequality and reduce their demand for redistribution …

democracies; (2) the nature and determinants of modern tax structures; and (3) redistribution in pluralistic societies over …

voluntarily supplied public goods; specifically, we show that not only an income inequality-raising redistribution policy but also … allowed, an inequality-raising redistribution policy is no longer effective and leaves social welfare unchanged …

We examine preferences for redistribution inherent in Swedish tax policy 1971–2012 using the inverse optimal tax …

This paper analyses optimal corrective taxation and optimal income redistribution. Under general utility functions, the …

“blunt instrument” for redistribution. To delve deeper in this issue we build models in which workers are heterogeneous in … unemployment benefits). In the second model, the government engages in redistribution through the public provision of private goods …-kind redistribution, and (iii) the MW institution is politically viable only when there is a limited degree of in-kind redistribution …

characteristics are present and are provided cooperatively. In particular, we establish neutrality results w.r.t. redistribution and …