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Ulrich, Volker ; Schneider, Udo:
Voting on redistribution.
Bayreuth
,
2011
. - 19 p.
- (Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Diskussionspapiere der Universität Bayreuth, Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
; 05-11
)
Abstract in another language
Redistribution has gained attention in the political process in the last decades. At present, a share of 22 percent of the GDP is related to social expenditures and serves redistributive purposes. In the literature, first approaches deal with as-pects of income inequality and its impact on public policy. Newer models inte-grated aspects of upward mobility, partisan behavior and taxation. While most of the approaches only refer to transfers as the only form of public expenditures, including public goods changes the picture. With two population subgroups, in-centives when voting for redistribution depend on whether an individual is tax-payer or benefits from public transfers. Moreover, in times of an aging popula-tion, the group of transfer recipients, especially retirees, becomes the dominant group thereby gaining more electoral weight than the group of employees.
Further data
| Item Type: | Working paper, discussion paper |
|---|---|
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Economics > Former Professors > Chair Economics III - Finance - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Volker Ulrich Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Economics Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Economics > Chair Economics III - Finance Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Economics > Former Professors |
| Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
| DDC Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Mar 2015 09:15 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jan 2025 13:50 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/8019 |