efficiency with a relevant amount of tax revenues and social expenditures. They obviously obtain very high redistribution, above … 15 points. Most of the countries considered show an intermediate level of redistribution (between 7 and 12 points), but … countries show a very low level of redistribution, below 7 points. Interestingly, they vary in the level of tax burden and of …

What accounts for the growth of US top income inequality? This paper proposes a hierarchical redistribution hypothesis …; and (4) the "fattening" of the entire income distribution tail. This result supports the hierarchical redistribution … hypothesis. It is also consistent with the available empirical evidence on within-firm income redistribution. …

minimum level of redistribution of wealth which keeps the low class far from economic and social opportunities. …

the literature have attempted (i) to model different behaviour (in a way that matter for incidence and redistribution of …

In determining the optimal redistribution of a given population's income, we ask which factor is more important: the … convex combination of (absolute) income and low relative income. Assuming that the redistribution comes at a cost (because …

In determining the optimal redistribution of a given population's income, we ask which factor is more important: the … convex combination of (absolute) income and low relative income. Assuming that the redistribution comes at a cost (because …

class in exchange of a minimum level of redistribution of wealth which keeps the lower class far from economic and social …