sufficient to generate increasing income skewness and decreasing redistribution in the presence of upward mobility. -- Voting …Despite a strong theoretical prediction that income skewness and redistribution should be positively linked, empirical … skewness. Under imperfect information, these developments affect redistribution in different ways. While rising polarization …

Gender differences in voting patterns and political attitudes towards redistribution are well-documented. The … experiments on preferences for redistribution conducted in the U.S. and several European countries to disentangle these potential …

redistribution policies. The interaction of the two effects has so far not been analyzed in isolation. We find that the direction of … and redistribution levels. …

redistribution policies. The interaction of the two effects has so far not been analyzed in isolation. We find that the direction of … and redistribution levels. …

distribution with independent marginals then, under weak conditions, voting on the original issues is not optimal. If the marginals … are identical (but not necessarily independent), then voting first on the total sum and next on the differences is often … welfare superior to voting on the original issues. We also provide various lower bounds on incentive efficiency: in particular …

model where the voting mistakes resulting from low political knowledge reduce the weight of poor voters, and cause parties …, income is more important in affecting voting behavior for more informed voters than for less informed voters. Further, when …

We experimentally study the disincentive effect of taxing work and redistributing tax revenues when redistribution is … substantially smaller when redistribution is chosen in a vote than when it is imposed. Redistribution seems to be more legitimate …

to prevent equivalence framing in the domain of voting on redistribution. Utilizing a simplified version of the Meltzer … collectively agreed level of redistribution are tremendously strong if the information tool is not available (low transparency … collective decision. Thus, the availability of the information tool has an asymmetric effect on the level of redistribution if …

The positive political returns to providing cash transfers have been well documented. However, redistribution through …