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The increasing flows of immigrants in Europe over the last decade has generated a range of considerations in the policy agenda of many receiving countries. One of the main considerations for policy makers and public opinions alike is whether immigrants contribute their ”fair” share to their...
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governmental redistribution measures, I argue that there is no direct, but an indirect relationship between ethnic diversity and … natives' support for redistribution, with attitudes towards immigrants and immigration acting as mediators. By applying … bivariate recursive probit estimations, I can decompose the predictors' marginal effects on natives' support for redistribution …
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The celebrated relation between inequality and redistribution is based on selfish voters who care solely about own …-payoffs. A growing empirical literature highlights the importance of other regarding preferences (ORP) in voting over … redistribution. We reexamine the relation between inequality and redistribution, within a simple general equilibrium model, when …
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Are differences in preferences for redistribution between right and left wing voters amplified because of … to convergence in preferences for redistribution and charitable giving between right and left wing voters. The effect …
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Does redistribution increase inequality? Is inequality harmfiil for growth? Both questions have recently been addressed …
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. Fiscal competition is associated with less income redistribution and a less equal distribution of disposable incomes, but …
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We decompose the redistributive effect of direct taxes into vertical, horizontal, and reranking components applying the methods of Urban and Lambert (Public Finance Review, 2008). In the first such application to the UK, and using yearly data covering 1977-2020, we find that redistributive...
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In this paper we examine the impact of tax contracts as a novel institution on elections, policies, and welfare. We consider a political game in which three parties compete to form the government. Parties have policy preferences about the level of public-good provision and benefit from perks...
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In this paper we examine the impact of tax contracts as a novel institution on elections, policies, and welfare. We consider a political game in which three parties compete to form the government. Parties have policy preferences about the level of public-good provision and benefit from perks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008746679
. Redistribution to real co-players has a negative effect on the median voter's tax rate choice. Further, perceived income mobility … decreases the desired amount of redistribution. Our results suggest the importance of concerns about own mobility as well as …
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