The Political Class and Redistributive Policies

The Political Class and Redistributive Policies

Abstract We study the relationship between the composition of the political class and the size of government. First, we use a citizen-candidate model to show that the extension of suffrage is inconsequential for government spending when stricter eligibility requirements are in place. The removal of...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the European Economic Association 2020-02, Vol.18 (1), p.1-48
Hauptverfasser: Corvalan, Alejandro, Querubín, Pablo, Vicente, Sergio
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