Essays about: "Pontus Hagman"

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  1. 1. The Effect pf Economic Inequality on Demand for Redistribtion

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Love Christensen; Pontus Hagman; [2013-10-28]
    Keywords : demand for redistribution; economic inequality; political economy;

    Abstract : 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