Inequality aversion and voting on redistribution
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Inequality aversion and voting on redistribution. / Höchtl, Wolfgang; Sausgruber, Rupert; Tyran, Jean-Robert Karl.
I: European Economic Review, Bind 56, Nr. 7, 2012, s. 1406-1421.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Inequality aversion and voting on redistribution
AU - Höchtl, Wolfgang
AU - Sausgruber, Rupert
AU - Tyran, Jean-Robert Karl
N1 - JEL Classification: A13; C9; D72
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Some people have a concern for a fair distribution of incomes while others do not. Does such a concern matter for majority voting on redistribution? Fairness preferences are relevant for redistribution outcomes only if fair-minded voters are pivotal. Pivotality, in turn, depends on the structure of income classes. We experimentally study voting on redistribution between two income classes and show that the effect of inequality aversion is asymmetric. Inequality aversion is more likely to matter if the “rich” are in majority. With a “poor” majority, we find that redistribution outcomes look as if all voters were exclusively motivated by self-interest.
AB - Some people have a concern for a fair distribution of incomes while others do not. Does such a concern matter for majority voting on redistribution? Fairness preferences are relevant for redistribution outcomes only if fair-minded voters are pivotal. Pivotality, in turn, depends on the structure of income classes. We experimentally study voting on redistribution between two income classes and show that the effect of inequality aversion is asymmetric. Inequality aversion is more likely to matter if the “rich” are in majority. With a “poor” majority, we find that redistribution outcomes look as if all voters were exclusively motivated by self-interest.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Redistribution
KW - Self interest
KW - Inequality aversion
KW - Median voter
KW - Experiment
U2 - 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2012.07.004
DO - 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2012.07.004
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 23564967
VL - 56
SP - 1406
EP - 1421
JO - European Economic Review
JF - European Economic Review
SN - 0014-2921
IS - 7
ER -
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