Inequality and redistribution revisited

Woojin Lee; John E. Roemer

doi:10.1016/s0165-1765(99)00155-x

Inequality and redistribution revisited

Woojin Lee, John E. Roemer

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Abstract

As inequality rises taxation can be less efficient in the sense that a given tax rate produces a smaller tax base. If this tax base effect outweighs the conventional political effect, then increasing inequality can induce less public spending (or redistribution), contrarily to Alesina and Rodrik and Persson and Tabellini.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	339-346
Number of pages	8
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	65
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/s0165-1765(99)00155-x
Publication status	Published - 1999 Dec
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Inequality
Political economy
Political effect
Tax base effect

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Finance
Economics and Econometrics

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