Browsing HBS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "income"
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De Gustibus non est Taxandum: Heterogeneity in Preferences and Optimal Redistribution
(Elsevier, 2015)The prominent but unproven intuition that preference heterogeneity reduces redistribution in a standard optimal tax model is shown to hold under the plausible condition that the distribution of preferences for consumption ... -
How Elastic Are Preferences for Redistribution? Evidence from Randomized Survey Experiments
(American Economic Association, 2015)We analyze randomized online survey experiments providing interactive, customized information on U.S. income inequality, the link between top income tax rates and economic growth, and the estate tax. The treatment has large ... -
How Much (More) Should CEOs Make? A Universal Desire for More Equal Pay
(2014-11-03)Do people from different countries and different backgrounds have similar preferences for how much more the rich should earn than the poor? Using survey data from 40 countries (N = 55,238), we compare respondents’ estimates ... -
Income Inequality and Social Preferences for Redistribution and Compensation Differentials
(Elsevier, 2014-07-18)In cross-sectional studies, countries with greater income inequality typically exhibit less support for government-led redistribution and greater acceptance of wage inequality (e.g., United States versus Western Europe). ... -
'Last-place Aversion': Evidence and Redistributive Implications
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2014)We present evidence from laboratory experiments showing that individuals are "last-place averse." Participants choose gambles with the potential to move them out of last place that they reject when randomly placed in other ...