Social limits to redistribution and conspicuous norms

Abstract: In this article the author considers an economy in which individuals are matched into pairs and the desirability of an individual depends on her position on the distribution of wealth. He assumes that individuals show their relative standing by consuming a conspicuous good and he shows that there exist different social norms supporting different matching arrangements. In addition, individuals have to vote over a redistributive policy and the author shows that, despite the desirability of the full redistributive outcomes, under some economic conditions the medium class is able to match with the high class in exchange of a minimum level of redistribution of wealth which keeps the low class far from economic and social opportunities.

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Social limits to redistribution and conspicuous norms ; volume:12 ; number:1 ; year:2018 ; extent:22
Economics / Journal articles. Journal articles ; 12, Heft 1 (2018) (gesamt 22)

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DOI
10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2018-57
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2412131018346.783797595742
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