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Why Does the Amount of Income Redistribution Differ between The United States and Europe? The Janus Face of Switzerland
Akkoyunlu, Sule - 2014
In this paper, the amount of income redistribution in the United States, the European Union, and Switzerland is … balance against the economic explanation, which predicts more rather than less income redistribution in the United States … (which also characterize Switzerland) to redistribution; yet the Swiss share of transfers in the GDP is low. Behavioral …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071181
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Why does the amount of income redistribution differ between United States and Europe? The Janus face of Switzerland
Akkoyunlu, Sule; Neustadt, Ilja; Zweifel, Peter - 2009
In this paper, the amount of income redistribution in the United States, the European Union, and Switzerland is … balance against the economic explanation, which predicts more rather than less income redistribution in the United States … (which also characterize Switzerland) to redistribution; yet the Swiss share of transfers in the GDP is low. Behavioral …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315581
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Why does the amount of income redistribution differ between the United States and Europe? The Janus face of Switzerland
Akkoyunlu, Sule; Neustadt, Ilja; Zweifel, Peter - 2009
In this paper, the amount of income redistribution in the United States, the European Union, and Switzerland is … balance against the economic explanation, which predicts more rather than less income redistribution in the United States … (which also characterize Switzerland) to redistribution; yet the Swiss share of transfers in the GDP is low. Behavioral …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285835
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Why does the amount of income redistribution differ between United States and Europe? : the Janus face of Switzerland
Akkoyunlu, Sule; Neustadt, Ilja; Zweifel, Peter - 2009 - Rev. version
In this paper, the amount of income redistribution in the United States, the European Union, and Switzerland is … balance against the economic explanation, which predicts more rather than less income redistribution in the United States … (which also characterize Switzerland) to redistribution; yet the Swiss share of transfers in the GDP is low. Behavioral …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894063
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Why does the amount of income redistribution differ between the United States and Europe? : the Janus face of Switzerland
Akkoyunlu, Sule; Neustadt, Ilja; Zweifel, Peter - 2009
In this paper, the amount of income redistribution in the United States, the European Union, and Switzerland is … balance against the economic explanation, which predicts more rather than less income redistribution in the United States … (which also characterize Switzerland) to redistribution; yet the Swiss share of transfers in the GDP is low. Behavioral …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003909517
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The seeds of ideology : historical immigration and political preferences in the United States
Giuliano, Paola; Tabellini, Marco - 2020
immigration is associated with stronger preferences for redistribution and a more liberal ideology among Americans today. We … redistribution, with long-lasting effects on political attitudes of U.S.-born individuals. After documenting that immigrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012244207
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The seeds of ideology : historical immigration and political preferences in the United States
Giuliano, Paola; Tabellini, Marco - 2020
redistribution among US born individuals today. Next, we show that this correlation is not driven by the characteristics of the … ideology during one of the largest episodes of redistribution in US history - the New Deal - and that such effects persisted …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012226388
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Does Social Capital Matter? A Study of Hit-and-Run in US Counties
Castriota, Stefano; Rondinella, Sandro; Tonin, Mirco - 2022
We investigate the relationship between social capital and the decision to flee after a fatal road accident. This event is unplanned, and the decision is taken under great emotional distress and time pressure, thus providing a test of whether social capital matters for behaviour in extreme...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013292050
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On the Determinants of Social Trust in the United States
Bjørnskov, Christian - 2008
This paper explores the determinants of social trust, as measured by perceived honesty, in 48 US states across three periods. The results show support for the detrimental effects of income inequality but no or little support for a set of popular alternative theories. The trust decline in recent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014214771
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Inequality and Corruption : Evidence from US States
Alt, James E.; Dreyer Lassen, David - 2008
High-quality data on state-level inequality and incomes, panel data on corruption convictions, and careful attention to the consequences of including or excluding fixed effects in the panel specification allow us to estimate the impact of income considerations on the decision to undertake...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014215276