Disincentives from Redistribution: Evidence on a Dividend of Democracy

Autor(en)
Rupert Sausgruber, Axel Sonntag, Jean-Robert Tyran
Abstrakt

We experimentally study the disincentive effect of taxing work and redistributing tax revenues when redistribution is imposed vs. democratically chosen in a vote. We find a “dividend of democracy” in the sense that the disincentive effect is substantially smaller when redistribution is chosen in a vote than when it is imposed. Redistribution seems to be more legitimate, and hence less demotivating, when accepted in a vote.

Organisation(en)
Wiener Zentrum für Experimentelle Wirtschaftsforschung, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Rektorat
Externe Organisation(en)
Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (WU)
Journal
European Economic Review
Band
136
Anzahl der Seiten
30
ISSN
0014-2921
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2021.103749
Publikationsdatum
07-2021
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
502057 Experimentelle Ökonomie, 502010 Finanzwissenschaft, 502027 Politische Ökonomie
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Economics and Econometrics, Finance
Link zum Portal
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/disincentives-from-redistribution-evidence-on-a-dividend-of-democracy(2e8404c6-8b31-4933-8cba-2821230c34d2).html