Essays on the Political Economy of Inequality, Redistribution and Growth |
Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
Inequality Redistribution and RentSeeking | 70 |
Low Growth in ResourceRich Countries | 156 |
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alternative average boom candidate capital accumulation capital share capital stock capitalists capture Caracas chapter cointegration comparative advantage comparative statics consumption countries density derive distribution of income Economic Growth effect of inequality empirical envelope theorem equation equilibrium estimates evidence exemptions exogenous export industries GDP per capita Gini coefficient hypothesis important incentives income distribution income inequality increase in inequality individuals inequality and redistribution inequality leads Insert Figure Insert Table investment Laffer curve level of income long run lower maximize mean to median median income median voter median voter theorem Meltzer and Richard natural resource negative nominal tax rate non-tradeables OECD output parameter Pareto Pareto distribution political contributions politicians poor population pre-tax production ratio redistributive policies regression relationship between inequality rent-seeking reverse causation rich Section sector Social Security specification steady state level subgame perfect equilibrium taxation theory transfer variables Venezuelan economy vote