Recently added articles from Public Finance and Management:
SYMPOSIUM ON HETEROGENEITY AND PUBLIC POLICY: PART 1
Apr 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT It is a cliché to observe that modern democratic states are composed of citizens with diverse interests. Yet it seems fair to say that the formal study of how heterogeneity in an electorate - of incomes, preferences, political influence and in other dimensions - plays a role in ...
THE DISTRIBUTIVE IMPLICATIONS OF INDIVISIBLE GOODS
Apr 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT An indivisible good is an ideal type with interesting properties and strong implications about public policy. It is a good - such as a heart transplant or a treatment for AIDS - that must be consumed in a fixed amount or not at all. The community's demand curve for an ...
INCOME INEQUALITY & REDISTRIBUTIONAL SPENDING: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF COMPETING THEORIES
Apr 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT The link between income inequality and governmental redistribution is still subject to intense research and debate. Starting with the median-voter-hypothesis, a plethora of theoretical models have been developed during the last three decades to identify and explain possible ...
STRATEGIC CONSENSUS AND HETEROGENOUS VOTERS WHEN VOTER TURNOUT IS UNCERTAIN
Apr 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT This paper argues that uncertain or random voter turnout plays a key role in mediating conflicts of interest between voters and politicians on the one hand and heterogenous groups of voters on the other. Random voter turnout creates an incentive for politicians to seek consensus ...
TAX COMPLEXITY WITH HETEROGENEOUS VOTERS
Apr 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT In democratic countries tax systems are complex and elaborated. The issue of tax complexity is a crucial one in the policy debate about tax design and reforms. A recent trend towards simplification has emerged, at least in developed countries. We argue that tax complexity is the ...