Racism, Xenophobia, and Redistribution

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Preprint , Research 01 May 2006 France, United States, France, France, France English Publisher:Oxford University Press (OUP)Journal:Journal of the European Economic Association, volume 4, pages 446-454 (issn: 1542-4766, eissn: 1542-4774,

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Authors: Lee, Woojin; Roemer, John E.; Van Der Straeten, Karine;

doi: 10.1162/jeea.2006.4.2-3.446 , 10.7275/1069120

handle: 10419/105757

Racism, Xenophobia, and Redistribution

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Abstract

We report here a summary of our recent research on the effect that the race issue, in the United States, and the immigration issue in European countries, is having on the degree of redistribution and the size of the public sector that is implemented through political competition. We model political competition as taking place on a two dimensional policy space, where the first issue is the tax rate, or the size of the public sector, and the second issue is the race or immigration issue. Our substantive conclusion is that the conservative economic agenda has been given new life in many countries because of racist and xenophobic views of polities.

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France, United States, France, France, France

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École des Ponts ParisTech
France
French National Centre for Scientific Research
France
Toulouse 1 Capitole University
France
University of New Haven
United States
Yale University
United States

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Keywords

policy bundle effect, Lobbying, 330, Economics, Elections, redistribution, Racism, xenophobia, JEL: D - Microeconomics/D.D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making/D.D7.D70 - General, Legislatures, party unanimity Nash equilibrium, [SHS.ECO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance, B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE, and Voting Behavior, JEL: D - Microeconomics/D.D3 - Distribution/D.D3.D30 - General, ddc:330, Racism, xenophobia, redistribution, anti-solidarity effect, policy bundle effect, party unanimity Nash equilibrium, [SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance, 300, JEL: D - Microeconomics/D.D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making/D.D7.D72 - Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, anti-solidarity effect

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