Una democracia imperfecta. Redistribución política de ingreso en América Latina

Autor:

Molina, Ezequiel

Autor secundario/Colaboradores:

Cont, Walter (Director de Tesis) 

Título:

Una democracia imperfecta. Redistribución política de ingreso en América Latina

Nota general:

Although several papers in the political economy literature suggest a positive relationship between income inequality and redistribution, the data for Latin America does not support this claim. Countries with more income inequality also have less redistribution. This paper explores how the degree of imperfection in the political institutions influences equilibrium redistributive tax rates and income distributions. A citizen-candidate model is developed (Osborne and Slivinski, 1996 and Besley and Coate, 1997) in which candidates face a cost for representing other citizens in politics. Political-economic equilibria for different degrees of imperfection of the political system are derived and compared. In particular, two distinct cases are found. Countries where the cost of entry to politics is low can have higher redistribution and lower inequality if the median run as a candidate or ,when there is a two candidate equilibria, redistribution and inequality could go either way. On the other hand, countries where the cost of entry is high will not be able to translate the will of the people into political action and will end up with little redistribution and high levels of inequality.

Temas:

 - TESIS  - POLÍTICA DE INGRESOS  - AMÉRICA LATINA 

Idioma:

Inglés

País:

Argentina

Lugar, editor y fecha:

La Plata : s.n., 2009

Páginas:

30 p.

Nota de tesis:

(Maestría en Economía)- Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Economía. 2009

Tipo de documento:

Tesis

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