Turning out for redistribution: the effect of voter turnout on top marginal tax rates
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- Sabet, Navid, 2016. "Turning Out for Redistribution: The Effect of Voter Turnout on Top Marginal Tax Rates," Discussion Papers in Economics 29636, University of Munich, Department of Economics.
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Keywords
Voter turnout; Preferences for redistribution; Elections; Top tax rates;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H24 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- D7 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making
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