Is majority rule compatible with a market economy in which incomes differ? Why do the poor use their votes to confiscate and redistribute wealth? Is there a limit to the size of government in growing economy? Will the political process eventually equalize after-tax incomes?</p
We introduce a model of redistributive income taxation and public expendi-ture. This joint treatment...
This paper sheds light on the relationship between income inequality and redistributive policies and...
Why are governments elected by proportional representation more prone to redistribute income than th...
According to a standard argument, higher income inequality fosters redistributive activities of the ...
In a general equilibrium model of a labor economy, the size of government, measured by the share of...
How does the size of the transfer system evolve in the short and the long run? We model income redis...
I investigate the relationship between income inequality and the composition of public spending in r...
Do not distribute without authors ’ permission. What is the long-run size of the transfer system, an...
We model the political process as consisting of voting on the issue considered salient, public expen...
We study a dynamic version of Meltzer and Richard's median-voter model of the size of government. Ta...
This paper contributes to the literature on majority voting over fiscal policies. We depart from the...
Abstract. This paper surveys models of voting on redistribution. Under reason-able assumptions, the ...
The literatures dealing with voting, optimal income taxation, and implementation are integrated here...
We introduce a model of redistributive income taxation and public expenditure. This joint treatment ...
This paper is a positive theory of the distribution of income and the growth rate of the economy. It...
We introduce a model of redistributive income taxation and public expendi-ture. This joint treatment...
This paper sheds light on the relationship between income inequality and redistributive policies and...
Why are governments elected by proportional representation more prone to redistribute income than th...
According to a standard argument, higher income inequality fosters redistributive activities of the ...
In a general equilibrium model of a labor economy, the size of government, measured by the share of...
How does the size of the transfer system evolve in the short and the long run? We model income redis...
I investigate the relationship between income inequality and the composition of public spending in r...
Do not distribute without authors ’ permission. What is the long-run size of the transfer system, an...
We model the political process as consisting of voting on the issue considered salient, public expen...
We study a dynamic version of Meltzer and Richard's median-voter model of the size of government. Ta...
This paper contributes to the literature on majority voting over fiscal policies. We depart from the...
Abstract. This paper surveys models of voting on redistribution. Under reason-able assumptions, the ...
The literatures dealing with voting, optimal income taxation, and implementation are integrated here...
We introduce a model of redistributive income taxation and public expenditure. This joint treatment ...
This paper is a positive theory of the distribution of income and the growth rate of the economy. It...
We introduce a model of redistributive income taxation and public expendi-ture. This joint treatment...
This paper sheds light on the relationship between income inequality and redistributive policies and...
Why are governments elected by proportional representation more prone to redistribute income than th...