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Hargreaves Heap, Shaun P., Manifold, Emma, Matakos, Konstantinos and Xefteris, Dimitrios (2022) How does group identification affect redistribution in representative democracies? An experiment. Journal of Public Economics, 215 . 104747. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2022.104747 ISSN 0047-2727.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2022.104747
Abstract
We test in the laboratory four mechanisms whereby group identification might affect redistribution in representative democracies. For voters, group identification can give rise to a preference for own-group payoffs, for electing an own-group candidate, and could be used to assess candidate-sincerity. For candidates, identity might affect the optimal campaign platform. There is evidence to support all four. Our key contribution comes from bringing the candidate supply of redistribution policies into an equilibrium analysis with voter demand for redistribution. It yields an important new insight: the extent of minority group political representation among the electoral candidates critically affects redistribution outcomes.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Public Economics | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0047-2727 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | November 2022 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 215 | ||||||||
| Article Number: | 104747 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2022.104747 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 26 October 2022 |
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