Disincentives from Redistribution: Evidence on a Dividend of Democracy
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We experimentally study the disincentive effect of taxing work and redistributing tax revenues when redistribution is imposed vs. democratically chosen in a vote. We find a “dividend of democracy” in the sense that the disincentive effect is substantially smaller when redistribution is chosen in a vote than when it is imposed. Redistribution seems to be more legitimate, and hence less demotivating, when accepted in a vote.
Original language | English |
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Number of pages | 52 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 28 Oct 2019 |
Series | University of Copenhagen. Institute of Economics. Discussion Papers (Online) |
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Number | 19-08 |
ISSN | 1601-2461 |
- redistribution, disincentive effect, voting, legitimacy, real-effort task, lab experiment, C92, D31, D72, H23
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- https://www.economics.ku.dk/research/publications/wp/dp_2019/1908.pdf
Submitted manuscript
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