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The income distribution of voters : a case study from Germany

Engelhardt, Carina; Wagener, Andreas - 2017

Although voter turnout in the 2013 general election to the German Bundestag differed considerably across income brackets, the income distribution of voters did not differ, in a statistically significant way, from that of the entire population. The non-uniform turnout, thus, is unlikely to affect...

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Inequality perceptions, distributional norms, and redistributive preferences in East and West Germany

Kuhn, Andreas - 2011

redistribution and progressive taxation, and less likely to have a conservative political orientation, even conditional on having the …

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Essays on the behavior of firms and politicians

Riem, Marina - 2017

politicians who vote against the party line in roll-call votes. The results do not show that parties account for the voting …

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Redistribution and Insurance in the German Welfare State

Bartels, Charlotte - 2014

against income risks. But studies measuring redistribution often focus only on a one-year period. Using German SOEP data from …-individual component. Results show that annual inequality is higher than long-term inequality, but redistribution is also larger annually …. In the long-term, the German welfare state clearly gives priority to insurance over redistribution. This gets even more …

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Inequality Perceptions, Distributional Norms, and Redistributive Preferences in East and West Germany

Kuhn, Andreas - 2011

redistribution and progressive taxation, and less likely to have a conservative political orientation, even conditional on having the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014184753

Inequality Perceptions, Distributional Norms, and Redistributive Preferences in East and West Germany

Kuhn, Andreas - 2011

redistribution and progressive taxation, and less likely to have a conservative political orientation, even conditional on having the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128215

Inequality perceptions, distributional norms, and redistributive preferences in East and West Germany

Kuhn, Andreas - 2011

redistribution and progressive taxation, and less likely to have a conservative political orientation, even conditional on having the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009233915

Inequality perceptions, distributional norms, and redistributive preferences in East and West Germany

Kuhn, Andreas - 2011

redistribution and progressive taxation, and less likely to have a conservative political orientation, even conditional on having the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009236791

Inequality perceptions, distributional norms, and redistributive preferences in East and West Germany

Kuhn, Andreas - 2011

redistribution and progressive taxation, and less likely to have a conservative political orientation, even conditional on having the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009739172

The inheritance and gift tax in Germany reform potentials for tax revenue, efficiency and distribution

Beznoska, Martin; Hentze, Tobias; Stockhausen, Maximilian - 2020

The inheritance tax is often seen as an effective tool to reduce wealth inequality, to raise public budgets if needed, and to increase incentives to work by lowering the tax burden on labour, which is especially high in Germany according to the OECD. The purpose of this paper is therefore to...

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