Income inequality and voters’ support for government intervention. A simple political model
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Keywords
liberal; conservative; government intervention; Inequality.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- D74 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
- F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2022-02-28 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-POL-2022-02-28 (Positive Political Economics)
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