predictions about the policy outcome. I adopt a new equilibrium concept for voting models to analyse the endogenous relationship … migration. …

its national policies by majority voting, taking the policy choice of the other country as given. By incorporating both … income and trade taxes in a unified international-trade framework, we uncover the interplay between majority voting over … result is that greater inequality can be conducive to more redistribution via income taxation, more protectionist policies in …

In the median-voter model of redistributive voting, an increase in the skewness of the income distribution will lead to … more redistribution. Skewness is almost always assumed to be identical to inequality. But this will only be true under … then, the relationship between inequality and skewness -- and therefore redistribution -- is ambiguous. This paper resolves …

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 …, which is also in line with our theory. …

We show that a transfer targeting a minority of the population is sustained by majority voting, however small the …

We show that a transfer targeting a minority of the population is sustained by majority voting, however small the …

the tension between redistribution and patronage with a model that combines partisan elections across multiple districts … circumstances under which poor voters support right-wing parties that favor low taxes and redistribution, and under which rich … voters support left-wing parties that favor high taxes and redistribution. The model suggests that one reason standard tax …