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Individual Preferences for Political Redistribution


Giacomo Corneo


Free University of Berlin (FUB); Universität Osnabrück - Faculty of Business Administration - Department of Economics; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

H. P. Gruner


University of Mannheim - Department of Economics; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
February 2001

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 2694

Abstract:     
What drives people's support of governmental reduction of income inequality? We employ data from a large international survey in order to evaluate the explanatory power of three competing forces, referred to as the "homo oeconomicus effect", the "public values effect", and the "social rivalry effect". The empirical analysis reveals that at the aggregate level all three effects play a significant role in shaping individual preferences for political redistribution. Attitudes of citizens in formerly socialist countries turn out to differ from those of western citizens in a systematic way.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 32

Keywords: Governmental redistribution, political attitudes

JEL Classification: D31, D72, H23

working papers series


Date posted: March 22, 2001  

Suggested Citation

Corneo, Giacomo and Gruner, H. P., Individual Preferences for Political Redistribution (February 2001). CEPR Discussion Paper No. 2694. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=264331

Contact Information

Giacomo Corneo (Contact Author)
Free University of Berlin (FUB) ( email )
D-10785 Berlin, Berlin 14195
Germany
Universität Osnabrück - Faculty of Business Administration - Department of Economics ( email )
Rolandstr. 8
Osnabrueck, D-49069
Germany
+49 541 969 2730 (Phone)
+49 541 969 2722 (Fax)
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research)
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Munich, DE-81679
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Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
P.O. Box 7240
Bonn, D-53072
Germany
Hans Peter Grüner
University of Mannheim - Department of Economics ( email )
D-68131 Mannheim
Germany
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
P.O. Box 7240
Bonn, D-53072
Germany
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
77 Bastwick Street
London, EC1V 3PZ
United Kingdom
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