Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Giacomo Bonanno
Author-Name-First: Giacomo
Author-Name-Last: Bonanno
Author-Name: John Roemer
Author-Name-First: John
Author-Name-Last: Roemer
Author-Name: Wen Hai
Author-Name-First: Wen
Author-Name-Last: Hai
Author-Name: Shunli Yao
Author-Name-First: Shunli
Author-Name-Last: Yao
Author-Name: Louis Putterman
Author-Name-First: Louis
Author-Name-Last: Putterman
Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, University of California Davis
Title: Does Egalitarianism Have a Future?
Abstract: This paper surveys the evidence, theoretical and empirical, relating to the possibility of achieving more egalitarian distributions of income than are typical in modern societies. The first four parts of the paper (Introduction, Improving efficiency an equality, The ownership of firms, and Taxation) are mainly concerned with the probably extent of the equality-efficiency trade-off, where the instruments that could be used to effect an increase in equality are property rights in firms and taxation (personal income, profit, and wealth). The fifth part (The political economy of equality) discusses the political feasibility of effecting redistribution, and in particular, why redistribution has not been more dramatic in democracies.""
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File-URL: https://repec.dss.ucdavis.edu/files/qRaJxBF8HpqoWnqjDKgsCRpZ/96-9.pdf
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Number: 195
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Creation-Date: 20030107
Handle: RePEc:cda:wpaper:195