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Inequality and the State: Comparing U.S. and German Preferences

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  • Giacomo Corneo

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Survey data from the United States, West Germany and East Germany are analyzed to compare individual attitudes towards political redistribution in each country. In West Germany the “homo oeconomicus effect“, the “social rivalry effect“ and the “public values effect“ simultaneously retain an independent explanatory power of individual attitudes. In the United States the third effect disappears. In East Germany both the second and the third effect disappear.

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Paper provided by CESifo Group Munich in its series CESifo Working Paper Series with number 398.

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Date of creation: 2000
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Handle: RePEc:ces:ceswps:_398

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Keywords: Governmental redistribution; political preferences; social rivalry;

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  1. Roberts, Kevin W. S., 1977. "Voting over income tax schedules," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 8(3), pages 329-340, December.
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  1. Di Tella, Rafael & Alesina, Alberto & MacCulloch, Robert, 2004. "Inequality and Happiness: Are Europeans and Americans Different?," Scholarly Articles 4553007, Harvard University Department of Economics.
  2. Alesina, Alberto F & La Ferrara, Eliana, 2002. "Preferences for Redistribution in the Land of Opportunities," CEPR Discussion Papers 3155, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  3. Alberto Alesina & Nichola Fuchs Schuendeln, 2005. "Good bye Lenin (or not?): The Effect of Communism on People's Preferences," NBER Working Papers 11700, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  4. Wei-Kang WONG, 2001. "Some International Evidence on Deviations from Pocketbook Voting and Its Relevance for the Political Economy," Departmental Working Papers wp0103, National University of Singapore, Department of Economics.
  5. Schwarze, Johannes & Harpfer, Marco, 2007. "Are people inequality averse, and do they prefer redistribution by the state?: Evidence from German longitudinal data on life satisfaction," The Journal of Socio-Economics, Elsevier, vol. 36(2), pages 233-249, April.

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