Ideology, Tactics, and Efficiency in Redistributive Politics Export

@article{citeulike:2121455, abstract = {We model the electoral politics of redistribution when voters and parties care about inequality in addition to their private concerns for consumption and votes, respectively. Ideological concerns about income redistribution lead each party to adopt a general proportional income tax, adjusted to appeal to the ideological leanings of high ``clout'' groups, with disproportionately many ``swing'' voters, which the parties also ply with pork-barrel projects. Our results relate to ``Director's Law,'' which says that redistributive politics favors middle classes at the expense of both rich and poor.}, author = {Dixit, Avinash and Londregan, John}, citeulike-article-id = {2121455}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/003355398555667?journalCode=qjec}, journal = {Quarterly Journal of Economics}, keywords = {formaltheory, partisanship, politicaleconomy}, month = {May}, number = {2}, pages = {497--529}, posted-at = {2007-12-14 23:29:53}, priority = {3}, title = {Ideology, Tactics, and Efficiency in Redistributive Politics}, url = {http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/003355398555667?journalCode=qjec}, volume = {113}, year = {1998} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2121455 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2121455 N2 - We model the electoral politics of redistribution when voters and parties care about inequality in addition to their private concerns for consumption and votes, respectively. Ideological concerns about income redistribution lead each party to adopt a general proportional income tax, adjusted to appeal to the ideological leanings of high ``clout'' groups, with disproportionately many ``swing'' voters, which the parties also ply with pork-barrel projects. Our results relate to ``Director's Law,'' which says that redistributive politics favors middle classes at the expense of both rich and poor. IS - 2 JF - Quarterly Journal of Economics EP - 529 TI - Ideology, Tactics, and Efficiency in Redistributive Politics VL - 113 SP - 497 KW - formaltheory KW - partisanship KW - politicaleconomy AU - Dixit, Avinash AU - Londregan, John PY - 1998/05// UR - http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/003355398555667?journalCode=qjec ER -