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Distributive Politics and Economic Growth

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Alesina, Alberto, Rodrik, Dani·1991·National Bureau of Economic Research
DOI 10.3386/w3668
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This paper studies the relationship between political conflict and economic growth in a simple model of endogenous growth with distributive conflicts.We study both the case of two llclassesfl (workers and capitalists) and the case of a continuum distribution of agents, characterized by different capital/labor shares.We establish several results concerning the relationship between the political influence of the two groups and the level of taxation, public investment, redistribution of income and growth.For example, it is shown that policies which maximize growth are optimal only for a government that cares only about the capitalists."Also, we show that in a democracy (where the "median voter theorem' applies) the rate of taxation is higher and the rate of growth lower, the more unequal is the distribution of wealth We present empirical results consistent with these implications of the model.

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Authors
Alesina, A., & Rodrik, D.
Venue
National Bureau of Economic Research
Publisher
National Bureau of Economic Research
Published
1991-03
DOI
10.3386/w3668
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W2147618847
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