TY - JOUR
T1 - How elastic are preferences for redistribution? Evidence from randomized survey experiments
AU - Kuziemko, Ilyana
AU - Norton, Michael I.
AU - Saez, Emmanuel
AU - Stantcheva, Stefanie
PY - 2015/4/1
Y1 - 2015/4/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.1257/aer.20130360
DO - 10.1257/aer.20130360
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84925773839
SN - 0002-8282
VL - 105
SP - 1478
EP - 1508
JO - American Economic Review
JF - American Economic Review
IS - 4
ER -