on how risk exposure and income are related to preferences for redistribution. To test our hypotheses, we extract … turn our attention to the supply side of government redistribution. Institutions, we argue, mediate governments' reactions …

This paper explores the determinants of individual level support for income redistribution by the government. It argues … that there are two sources of preference formation when it comes to redistribution. People are either in favor of income … redistribution because they are disadvantaged, or they favor redistribution as a means to insure against income shocks. The paper …

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

. 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 …

do find that the middle income groups gain more/or lose less through redistribution in countries where initial (factor … beneficiaries of redistribution nor that the existing tax and transfer system are optimal from their perspective (in the sense that …

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

and redistribution. The model shows that the interaction between contributions and voting leads to an endogenous wealth … bias in the political process, as the advantage of wealthier individuals in providing contributions encourages parties to … median-voter-based prediction, that more inequality produces more redistribution, has received little empirical support …