Essays about: "Robin Hood paradox"

Found 1 essay containing the words Robin Hood paradox.

  1. 1. Robin who? Using indivisible labor and systemic misapprehension to solve the Robin Hood paradox of the Meltzer and Richard model on government size.

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Alice Hallman; [2017]
    Keywords : Political economy; Robin Hood paradox; Meltzer-Richard Model; income distribution; voting equilibrium;

    Abstract : To better understand why "history reveals a 'Robin Hood paradox,' in which redistribution from rich to poor is least present when and where it seems to be most needed." (Lindert, 2004, p.15), I make two modifications to the model of Meltzer and Richard (1981) on government size. READ MORE