This paper analyzes the impact of fiscal federalism on income inequality and redistribution. Theoretically … concentration in pre- and after-tax income without additional redistribution via progressive taxes. It is, however, crucial to …

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. …

The paper examines empirically the question of whether more unequal societies spend more on income redistribution than … argued that unequal societies may spend less on redistribution because of capital market imperfections. Based on different … redistribution …

This paper analyzes the impact of fiscal federalism on income inequality and redistribution. Theoretically … concentration in pre- and after-tax income without additional redistribution via progressive taxes. It is, however, crucial to …

conventional wisdom, rather than calling for more redistribution, the presence of this scale dependence provides a rationale for …. At an aggregate level, a rise in redistribution induces a compression effect on the distribution of pre-tax returns. In … the financial market, I identify general equilibrium trickle-up externalities that provide a force for more redistribution …

individuals' preferences for redistribution. A novel survey question from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study - whether the … taxes paid by unskilled workers are too high, adequate or too low - are used to elicit attitudes toward redistribution … years. The results reveal that intergenerational mobility is significantly related to preferences for redistribution. The …