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| Tekijä: | Ticchi, D. Vindigni, A. |
| Otsikko: | Endogenous constitutions |
| Lehti: | Economic Journal
2010 : MAR, VOL 120:543 p.1-39 |
| Asiasana: | constitutional law democracy society income distribution politics |
| Kieli: | eng |
| Tiivistelmä: | A theory of the choice of alternative democratic constitutions is presented in this paper. It is shown that a consensual system turns out to be preferred by society when ex ante income inequality is relatively low, while a majoritarian system is chosen when income inequality is high. It is also found that consensual democracies should be expected to be ruled more often by centre-left coalitions while the right should have an advantage in majoritarian constitutions. The implications for the relationship between inequality and redistribution are discussed. |
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