under which some individuals that are poorer than the average optimally choose to oppose redistribution policies. The … provided the mobility process is concave in expectations, redistribution policies are expected to last for a sufficiently long … of inequality are used as treatments. Other determinants of the demand for redistribution, such as risk aversion and …

an oligarchy adopting a mass-army may voluntarily decide to promise some amount of income redistribution to its citizens …-compatible redistribution, they may cope with the moral hazard problem of the citizens-soldiers only by relinquishing political power to them … allows the elite to make credible commitments of future income redistribution in favor of the citizens, while a limited …

citizens’ support for the market by guaranteeing income redistribution to inequality-averse agents. Our identification strategy …

century. We propose an explanation for these facts which is based on a dynamic political economy model where redistribution is …

We use a range of data sources to assess if, and to what extent, government redistribution policies have slowed or … redistribution systems in place, greater inequality automatically leads to more redistribution, even if no policy action is taken. We … redistribution. Between the mid-1990s and the mid-2000s, the redistributive strength of tax-benefit systems then weakened in many …