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

Externe Organisation(en)

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (WU), IHS - Institut für Höhere Studien und wissenschaftliche Forschung

Publikationsdatum

2019

ÖFOS 2012

502057 Experimentelle Ökonomie, 502045 Verhaltensökonomie

Schlagwörter

Link zum Portal

https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/disincentives-from-redistribution-evidence-on-a-dividend-of-democracy(98df3ba4-4d20-4197-b551-c7e14ae34430).html