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Anesi, Vincent; Buisseret, Peter - 2023

We develop a dynamic model in which a group collectively bargains with an external party. At each date the group makes an offer to the external party (the 'agent') in exchange for a concession. Group members hold heterogeneous preferences over agreements and are uncertain about the agent's...

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Fractionalization and the Size of Government

Lind, Jo Thori - 2003

fractionalization and group antagonism reduce the support for redistribution. Whereas within group inequality increases support for … redistribution, inequality between groups have the opposite effect. All these results hold even if a poor group is in majority. Using … increases and between group inequality decreases redistribution. …

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Strategic campaigns and redistributive politics

Schultz, Christian - 2003

The paper investigates strategic campaigning in a model of redistributive politics in a society with many groups and two parties. Campaigns are informative, and parties can target campaigns to different groups. Voters are uncertain about whether parties fabor special groups. The parties will...

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International tax competition and the deficit bias

Arcaelan, Calin - 2015

I analyze the dynamic effects of tax competition on public budget deficits. I find that stronger tax competition leads to a fiscal deficit bias at the early stages of financial liberalization. When countries differ in terms of capital mobility, further liberalization leads to external imbalances...

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The political economy of redistribution policy

Bellani, Luna; Ursprung, Heinrich W. - 2016

We review the literature on the public choice approach to explaining redistribution policies. The focus is on policies … that are pursued with the sole reason to redistribute initial endowments. Moreover, we restrict ourselves to redistribution … in democracies. In democratic settings, generic redistribution games lack equilibria. Structure-inducing rules that give …

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Inequality, opting-out and public education funding

Arcalean, Calin; Schiopu, Ioana Cosmina - 2014

We investigate the relationship between inequality and political support for public education funding in a model of endogenous fertility and school choice. Household income heterogeneity is consistent with the skewness of empirical income distributions. Inequality can drive education spending in...

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The political economy of taxation : power, structure, redistribution

Winer, Stanley L. - 2016

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

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How should capital be taxed? : theory and evidence from Sweden

Bastani, Spencer; Waldenström, Daniel - 2018

This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the role of capital taxation in advanced economies with a focus on the Swedish experience. We synthesize the existing theoretical literature, present facts about the capital stock and its distribution, review current capital tax practices and...

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Risk-aversion and social mobility : the impossibility of order-preserving income redistributions

Danziger, Leif; Ursprung, Heinrich W. - 2000

redistributions. Nonetheless, the social-mobility argument for redistribution is not satisfactory, as actual transition probabilities …

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Radio and the rise of the Nazis in prewar Germany

Adena, Maja; Enikolopov, Ruben; Petrova, Maria; … - 2015

-Nazi radio broadcast following Hitler's appointment as German chancellor. During the consolidation of dictatorship, radio …

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