Does wealth reduce support for redistribution? Evidence from an Ethiopian housing lottery
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
Andersen, Asbjorn G.; Franklin, Simon; Getahun, Tigabu; Kotsadam, Andreas; Somville, Vincent; Villanger, Espen
署名单位：
University of London; Queen Mary University London; Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)
刊物名称：
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
ISSN/ISSBN：
0047-2727
DOI：
10.1016/j.jpubeco.2023.104939
发表日期：
2023
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摘要：
Exploiting the variation in wealth created by an Ethiopian housing lottery, we show that general attitudes towards redistribution and inequality aversion are not affected by a large positive wealth shock. New homeowners are, however, less supportive of taxing homeowners, highlighting a potential conflict between self-interest and preferences for redistribution. We also find evidence of endogenous beliefs: relative to losers, the wealthier winners are less likely to emphasize the role of luck in explaining eco-nomic success. We interpret this finding in terms of a self-serving bias. & COPY; 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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