Format:
1 Online-Ressource (37 p)
Content:
I show that a stylized fact on the decades-long stability in preferences for income redistribution – which has surprised public economists, given the spike in inequality – masks a divergence across parties. I then demonstrate that the widening divide owes to preferences sorting rather than strengthening. Next, I return to survey experiments on the elasticity of preferences to information treatments and, in contrast to previous literature, I find a simple treatment that induces substantial support for taxation and redistribution among conservatives. This treatment closes upwards of half the gap in preferences between liberals and conservatives, a key finding amidst worsening polarization
Note:
Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments February 14, 2020 erstellt
Language:
English
DOI:
10.2139/ssrn.3538441
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