Liberte, egalite... religiosite

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Esteban, Joan; Levy, Gilat; Mayoral, Laura
• 署名单位: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC); CSIC - Institut d'Analisi Economica (IAE); Barcelona School of Economics; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; University of Gothenburg
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.04.012
• 发表日期: 2018
• 页码: 241-253
• 关键词: Religiosity; redistribution; Individual liberties; political economy

摘要

We study the effect of religiosity on the political choices over redistribution and the legal restrictions on personal liberties. We assume that the more religious an individual is, (i) the less he enjoys the use of liberties prohibited by his religion; and (ii) the higher the negative externality experienced when others practice those liberties. We show that legal restrictions on liberties has an impact on income inequality. We find that when the religious cleavage in society is large, high intolerance due to negative externalities leads to a political outcome consisting of repression of liberties and relatively low taxes. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.