Georgiadis, A orcid.org/0000-0003-1774-771X and Manning, A (2012) Spend it like Beckham? Inequality and redistribution in the UK, 1983–2004. Public Choice, 151 (3-4). pp. 537-563. ISSN 0048-5829
Abstract
A main activity of the state is to redistribute resources. Standard political economy models predict that a rise in inequality will lead to more redistribution. This paper shows that, for the UK in the period 1983–2004, a plausibly exogenous rise in income inequality has not been associated with increased redistribution. We explore this example of the ‘paradox of redistribution’ using attitudinal data. We show that standard political economy models of the individual demand for redistribution do have explanatory power, but that other attitudes and beliefs are also very important. Moreover, these attitudes and beliefs change quite quickly so are very important in explaining variation in the demand for redistribution.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Springer Science + Business Media, LLC 2011. This is an author produced version of an article published in Public Choice. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Taxation; Inequality; Redistribution |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > International Business Division (LUBS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 15 Dec 2022 11:55 |
Last Modified: | 16 Dec 2022 20:23 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s11127-010-9758-7 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:187139 |