Fairness and the Unselfish Demand for Redistribution by Taxpayers and Welfare Recipients.

We theoretically illustrate how the aversion to unfairness triggers an unselfish though rational demand for redistribution. This leads the well‐off to demand positive tax rates and the "poor" to reject extreme progressivity. We prove that the "rich" and the "poor" adjust their demand for redistribut...

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Published in:	Southern Economic Journal Vol. 86; no. 3; pp. 971 - 989
Main Authors:	Sabatini, Fabio, Ventura, Marco, Yamamura, Eiji, Zamparelli, Luca
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Jan2020
Subjects:	Italy Fairness Tax rates Aversion
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