To say that the level of fatalities resulting from an earthquake is inversely related to a
country's per capita level of income is hardly novel. What makes our approach novel is that …

Corruption is thought to prevent poor countries from catching up with richer ones. We
analyze one channel through which corruption hampers growth: public investment can be …

A main activity of the state is to redistribute resources. Standard political economy models
predict that a rise in inequality will lead to more redistribution. This paper shows that, for the …

We study empirically the relationship between inequality and active charity participation.
Increased inequality can trigger feelings of empathy and compassion, thereby increasing …

We bridge the gap between the standard theory of growth and the mostly static theory of
corruption. Some public investment can be diverted from its purpose by corrupt individuals …

This paper studies the relationship between people's beliefs about the quality of their
institutions, as measured by corruption perceptions, and preferences for redistribution in …

The existing literature on the determinants of income redistribution has identified a 'paradox'.
Namely, that countries with a high degree of market income inequality redistribute little …

Résumé Dans cet article, nous examinons un des canaux par lesquels la corruption freine la
croissance: la distorsion de l'investissement public en faveur de certains types de dépenses …

Vote-buying is widely used by parties in developing countries to influence the outcome of
elections. We examine the impact of vote-buying on growth. We consider a model with a …

This paper studies how income tax rates are determined and how they are related to
government corruption in the form of fund capture. A model is presented where rich voters …