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| DC Field | | Value | | Language |
| dc.contributor.author | | Josten, Stefan Dietrich | | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | | Truger, Achim | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2011-10-06T16:01:52Z | | - |
| dc.date.available | | 2011-10-06T16:01:52Z | | - |
| dc.date.issued | | 2003 | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/50470 | | - |
| dc.description.abstract | | This paper reconsiders the political economy approach to growth and distribution according to which (1) rising inequality induces more government redistribution; (2) more government redistribution is financed by higher distortionary taxation; and (3) higher distortionary taxes reduce economic growth. We present a variety of theoretical arguments demonstrating that all three propositions may be overturned by simply changing an assumption in a plausible way or adding a relevant real-world element to the basal models. The political economy models of growth and distribution, as well as the specific inequality-growth transmission channel they propose, must therefore be assessed as overly simplistic and inadequate with respect to the issues studied. | | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | | eng | | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | WSI Düsseldorf | | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | | WSI-Diskussionspapier 111 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | D72 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | D3 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | H2 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | O4 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.ddc | | 330 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Political Economy | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Redistribution | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Inequality | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Economic growth | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Wirtschaftswachstum | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Einkommensverteilung | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Public Choice | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Einkommensumverteilung | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Kritik | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Theorie | | en_US |
| dc.title | | The political economy of growth and distribution: A theoretical critique | | en_US |
| dc.type | | Working Paper | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.ppn | | 362976783 | | en_US |
| dc.rights | | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.repec | | RePEc:zbw:wsidps:111 | | - |
| Appears in Collections: | | WSI-Diskussionspapiere, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut
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