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Voting, Inequality, and Redistribution

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dc.creator Borck, Rainald
dc.date 2005
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T06:59:36Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T06:59:36Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18354
dc.identifier ppn:494463228
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18354
dc.description his paper surveys models of voting on redistribution. Under reasonable assumptions, the baseline model produces an equilibrium with the extent of redistributive taxation chosen by the median income earner; if the median is poorer than average, redistribution is from rich to poor. Increasing inequality increases redistribution. However, under di erent assumptions about the economic environment, redistribution may not be simply rich to poor, and inequality need not increase redistribution. Several lines of argument are presented, in particular, political participation, public provision of private goods, public pensions, and tax avoidance or evasion.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) Berlin
dc.relation DIW-Diskussionspapiere 503
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject O15
dc.subject D72
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject inequality
dc.subject redistribution
dc.subject voting
dc.subject Einkommensumverteilung
dc.subject Einkommensverteilung
dc.subject Wahlverhalten
dc.subject Wirtschaftsmodell
dc.title Voting, Inequality, and Redistribution
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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