. 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 … play a role in the political economy context. -- Redistribution ; other-regarding preferences ; median voter ; experiments …

explanation for the poor empirical support encountered by political economy models of income redistribution. It shows that … platforms, and vote-seeking political parties should take this into account: as a consequence, redistribution will generally be …, an increase in inequality will not unambigously increase redistribution. Finally, introducing endogenous information may …

mechanism through which the pressure for redistribution can be highly non linear therefore providing an explanation as to … long run. -- growth ; Community formation ; human capital ; redistribution ; social mobility …

mechanism through which the pressure for redistribution can be highly non linear therefore providing an explanation as to why …

We develop a theory of political transitions inspired in part by the experiences of Western Europe and Latin America … relationship between inequality and redistribution is nonmonotonic; societies with intermediate levels of inequality consolidate … democracy and redistribute more than both very equal and very unequal countries. We also show that asset redistribution, such as …

) increases. Further evidence shows that nationalism today affects future redistribution. In countries with a high poor population …, a one percentage point increase in left nationalism will reduce redistribution in four years time by 0.8-1.6%. In … countries with a low poor population, right nationalism will increase redistribution in four years time by 0.8-2.9%. Some …

incentives for in-kind government redistribution. By analyzing the political game between office-motivated politicians and self … redistribution depending on the expected electoral returns obtained from targeting both cash and in-kind transfers into different …

inequality induces more government redistribution; (2) more government redistribution is financed by higher distortionary …