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Popular support for progressive taxation

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URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10016/4169
ISSN: 0165-1765
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1765(95)94399-G
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1995-06
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The popular support obtained by two parties who propose two qualitatively different tax schemes is analyzed. We show that if the median voter is below the mean, then any progressive proposal wins over a regressive one.
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Voting, Income tax, Progressiveness
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Economics Letters, 1995, v. 48, n. 3-4, pp. 319-324
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