Essays about: "Median Voter Theorem"
Found 3 essays containing the words Median Voter Theorem.
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1. The Effect pf Economic Inequality on Demand for Redistribtion
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistikAbstract : In this paper we have examined the relationship between economic inequality and demand for redistribution for 23 OECD countries and 17 European countries respectively. We depart from two different theories with contradictory predictions of the relationship between demand for redistribution and economic inequality: the median voter theorem predicting a positive correlation (Meltzer and Richard 1986), and the social distance model (MacRae 2006) predicting a negative correlation. READ MORE
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2. The Political economics of income inequality, government expenditures and redistribution - an empirical study using long-term panel data
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : The thesis aims to further explain the relationship between income inequality, the welfare state and the level of redistribution. We use a dataset containing unbalanced panel data between 1900 and 2010 for 17 economies and use central government expenditures as a share of GDP and top marginal tax rates. READ MORE
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3. Does Democracy Promote Education?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : The purpose of this paper is to examine if, and under what conditions, democracy promotes education. The investigation is based on theoretical models where the level of income, income inequality and ethnical fractionalization are assumed to affect the impact democracy has on the level of education in a country. READ MORE
