A formidable corpus of scholarship explores the role of economic self-interest in shaping public support for redistribution. One striking feature of this literature is its near-exclusive reliance on reported preferences in surveys, with little-to-no research analyzing revealed preferences in the form of actual voting on redistribution. Leveraging eight redistributive ballot initiatives across six American states...
By Jieun Lee, E. Grant Baldwin, G. Agustin Markarian, and Benjamin J. Newman |