Arbeitspapier
Political institutions and income (re-)distribution: Evidence from developed economies
We discuss the effect of formal political institutions (electoral systems, fiscal decentralization, presidential and parliamentary regimes) on the extent and direction of income (re-) distribution. Empirical evidence is presented for a large sample of 70 economies and a panel of 13 OECD countries between 1981 and 1998. The evidence indicates that presidential regimes are associated with a less equal distribution of disposable incomes, while electoral systems have no significant effects. Fiscal competition is associated with less income redistribution and a less equal distribution of disposable incomes, but also with a more equal primary income distribution. Our evidence also is in line with earlier empirical contributions that find a positive relationship between trade openness and equality in primary and disposable incomes, as well as the overall redistributive effort.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Freiburger Diskussionspapiere zur Ordnungsökonomik ; No. 13/6
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Wirtschaft
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
Taxation and Subsidies: Incidence
Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government
National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General
Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
Comparative Economic Systems: General
- Subject
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Redistribution
Formal Institutions
Fiscal Decentralization
Presidential and Parliamentary Regimes
Electoral Systems
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Feld, Lars P.
Schnellenbach, Jan
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Veröffentlichung
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Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Institut für Allgemeine Wirtschaftsforschung, Abteilung für Wirtschaftspolitik
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Freiburg i. Br.
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2013
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Feld, Lars P.
- Schnellenbach, Jan
- Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Institut für Allgemeine Wirtschaftsforschung, Abteilung für Wirtschaftspolitik
Time of origin
- 2013