undermine the political viability of free trade. We show that trade-related redistribution increases the political viability of … free trade in the US. We do so by assessing the causal effect of expected redistribution associated with the US Trade … Adjustment Assistance program on US Congressional voting behavior on eleven Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) between 2003 and 2011 …

rates. The paper incorporates these characteristics of voter choices into a probabilistic voting model with public spending …

rates. The paper incorporates these characteristics of voter choices into a probabilistic voting model with public spending …

intensified class conflict or a political wealth bias. This paper formalizes a theory of polarization where changes in the income … voting decreases relative to aggregate giving, reducing the electoral penalty for partisan policies. By endogenizing party …

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 …