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Redistribution To the Poor: an Overheard Conversation

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  • Robert D. Plotnick

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Why do we distribute income to the poor through government programs? Spokespersons for the median voter/interdependent preferences and interest group approaches to public policy determination present simple competing models. Their listener observes that the two models, based on quite different premises about voter preferences and how collective choices are made, yield identical testable implications.

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  • Robert D. Plotnick, 1986. "Redistribution To the Poor: an Overheard Conversation," Public Finance Review, , vol. 14(2), pages 223-228, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:pubfin:v:14:y:1986:i:2:p:223-228
    DOI: 10.1177/109114218601400207
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