Distributive politics: does electoral competition promote inequality?

Laslier, Jean-François;Picard, Nathalie
(2000)

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  • Laslier, Jean-François
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Within the framework of pure redistribution (dividing one unit of a homogeneous good among identical individuals), the paper analyses the redistributions that arise from Downsian two-party electoral competition. It appears that the strategic behavior of vote-maximizing parties lead them to propose divisions which are not far from the egalitarian one.
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Laslier, J.-F., & Picard, N. (2000). Distributive politics: does electoral competition promote inequality? (CORE Discussion Papers 2000/22). https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/38221