An international and historical look at how parenting choices change in the face of economic inequality Parents everywhere want their children to be happy and do well. Yet how parents …
In this paper we revisit the relationship between democracy, redistribution, and inequality. We first explain the theoretical reasons why democracy is expected to increase redistribution …
Abstract Thomas Piketty's (2013) book, Capital in the 21st Century, follows in the tradition of the great classical economists, like Marx and Ricardo, in formulating general laws of …
We construct a model to study the implications of changes in political institutions for economic institutions. A change in political institutions alters the distribution of de jure …
R Benabou, J Tirole - The Quarterly journal of economics, 2006 - academic.oup.com
International surveys reveal wide differences between the views held in different countries concerning the causes of wealth or poverty and the extent to which people are responsible …
We construct a simple model where political elites may block technological and institutional development, because of a “political replacement effect.” Innovations often erode elites' …
M Doepke, M Tertilt - The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2009 - academic.oup.com
The nineteenth century witnessed dramatic improvements in the legal rights of married women. Given that they took place long before women gained the right to vote, these …
D Acemoglu, D Ticchi, A Vindigni - Journal of the European …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
We present a theory of the emergence and persistence of inefficient states based on patronage politics. The society consists of rich and poor. The rich are initially in power, but …
This article surveys the theoretical literature on legislative bargaining with endogenous status-quo. These are the legislative bargaining situations in which in each period a new …