The Political Economy of Taxing, Spending, and Redistribution Since 1945: An Introduction -- How Employers and … Tax Policy, 1940s to 1960s -- Unfairness, Inequality, and Tax Evasion: An Analysis of the Distribution of the Tax Burden … in Greece, 1955-1989 -- Limits to Redistribution in Late Democratic Transitions: The Case of Spain …

deal with vertical inequality - that is, fostering redistribution from the rich to the poor - less is known about their … performance in dealing with horizontal inequality, that is, in redistributing among socio-economic groups. In a context where … individuals may not only care about vertical redistribution, but also about the economic situation of the specific groups they …

significantly more than previously suggested. Currently, the average Gini index (a common measure) of inequality in Eastern Europe … is about 3 percentage points higher than in the rest of Europe. This rise in inequality was initially driven by …High levels of economic inequality may lead to lower economic growth and can have negative social and political impacts …

fraction of Eastern Europe and Central Asia's population reports their economic situation in the late 2000s to be worse than in … results also show that perceptions of higher inequality, unfairness, and distrust in public institutions are associated with … associated with the perceptions of mobility observed in Europe and Central Asia and may explain why the region has had such a …

fraction of Eastern Europe and Central Asias population reports their economic situation in the late 2000s to be worse than in … results also show that perceptions of higher inequality, unfairness, and distrust in public institutions are associated with … associated with the perceptions of mobility observed in Europe and Central Asia and may explain why the region has had such a …

appears to have caused a high degree of economic inequality, and democratization in the form of franchise expansion has … typically led to an expansion in redistribution, at least in the small sample of episodes studied. Similarly, and more … between other measures of democracy, based on civil liberties and political rights, and inequality. The transition experience …