How Elastic Are Preferences for Redistribution? Evidence from Randomized Survey Experiments

被引：449
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作者：
Kuziemko, Ilyana [1 ]
Norton, Michael I. [2 ]
Saez, Emmanuel [3 ]
Stantcheva, Stefanie [4 ]
机构：
[1] Princeton Univ, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[2] Harvard Univ, Sch Business, Boston, MA 02163 USA
[3] Univ Calif Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[4] Harvard Univ, Littauer Ctr 226, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
来源：
AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW | 2015年 / 105卷 / 04期
基金：
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词：
SOCIAL-POLICY PREFERENCES; MOBILITY; DEMAND; TASTE;
D O I：
10.1257/aer.20130360
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
We analyze randomized online survey experiments providing interactive, customized information on US income inequality, the link between top income tax rates and economic growth, and the estate tax. The treatment has large effects on views about inequality but only slightly moves tax and transfer policy preferences. An exception is the estate tax-informing respondents of the small share of decedents who pay it doubles support for it. The small effects for all other policies can be partially explained by respondents' low trust in government and a disconnect between concerns about social issues and the public policies meant to address them.
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页码：1478 / 1508
页数：31
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