Understanding the Public's Attitudes towards Redistribution through Taxation
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Keywords
survey data; incentives; redistribution;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H24 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies
- H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LTV-2010-10-16 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
- NEP-PBE-2010-10-16 (Public Economics)
- NEP-POL-2010-10-16 (Positive Political Economics)
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