Mitra, Anirban (2024) The public provision of goods in democracies: do age and inequality matter? Economic Theory, . ISSN 0938-2259. E-ISSN 1432-0479. (doi:10.1007/s00199-024-01572-x) (KAR id:105489)
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Abstract
We build a multi-dimensional model of political decision-making with endogenous political parties to analyse the effect of inequality and demography on public spending. Voters differ in terms of income and age. Political competition determines in equilibrium the tax rate and the allocation of revenue between income redistribution and two forms of public spending — a capital good and a neutral good. All agents value the neutral good equally but the young like capital spending more than the old do. We show that the effect of age (resp., inequality) on equilibrium public spending can go in any direction based on the underlying level of inequality (resp., age). Our findings reconcile a large body of seemingly contradictory stylised empirical findings in public economics.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1007/s00199-024-01572-x |
Uncontrolled keywords: | demography; economic inequality; public spending; voting |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Economics |
Funders: | University of Kent (https://ror.org/00xkeyj56) |
Depositing User: | Anirban Mitra |
Date Deposited: | 29 Mar 2024 16:46 UTC |
Last Modified: | 14 Jan 2025 16:07 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/105489 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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