How Elastic Are Preferences for Redistribution? Evidence from Randomized Survey Experiments | Zendy

Ilyana Kuziemko | Zendy; Michael I. Norton | Zendy; Emmanuel Saez | Zendy; Stefanie Stantcheva | Zendy

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How Elastic Are Preferences for Redistribution? Evidence from Randomized Survey Experiments

Author(s) -

Ilyana Kuziemko,

Michael I. Norton,

Emmanuel Saez,

Stefanie Stantcheva

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

american economic review

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 16.936

H-Index - 297

eISSN - 1944-7981

pISSN - 0002-8282

DOI - 10.1257/aer.20130360

Subject(s) - economics , redistribution (election) , estate , economic inequality , public economics , inequality , estate tax , government (linguistics) , progressive tax , labour economics , demographic economics , state income tax , tax reform , gross income , finance , political science , mathematical analysis , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , politics , law

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. (JEL D31, D72, H23, H24)

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