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

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Ilyana Kuziemko; Michael I. Norton; Emmanuel Saez; Stefanie Stantcheva

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Project Citation:

Kuziemko, Ilyana, Norton, Michael I., Saez, Emmanuel, and Stantcheva, Stefanie. Replication data for: How Elastic Are Preferences for Redistribution? Evidence from Randomized Survey Experiments. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2015. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112913V1

Project Description

Summary: 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)

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      D31 Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
      D72 Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
      H23 Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
      H24 Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies; includes inheritance and gift taxes

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