In this paper we explore how individual social preferences correlate with political support for redistribution. We ran … political support for distributive policies. The main correlates for support of redistribution are the beliefs concerning the …

We examine whether and to what extent political institutions explain different performances in income redistribution … across countries. In particular, we first review available sources of data and measures of income redistribution, discussing … explanations of redistribution from resources and instruments, as well as supply side factors. We then provide empirical evidence …

preferences for redistribution in Italy. Our randomized treatments show that preferences for redistribution are generally …-immigrant composition of poverty reduces economic in-group bias by affecting exclusionary redistributive preferences. Respondents are less … represented among the poor and natives are not as poor as believed. We also find evidence of cultural in-group bias by …

Increasing inequality and associated egalitarian sentiments have again put redistribution on the political agenda …. Other-regarding preferences may also affect support for redistribution, but knowledge about their distribution in the … national plebiscites, to study the link between other-regarding preferences and support for redistribution in a broad sample of …

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 …

. The standard theory assumes that more unequal income distribution will create a majority for more redistribution (Meltzer …

. Fiscal competition is associated with less income redistribution and a less equal distribution of disposable incomes, but …

in line with our theory. -- redistribution ; welfare spending ; information ; income ; voting ; political economics …