Trickle-Down Economics, Merit, and Redistribution: An Experiment with the Poorest and Richest US Americans

dc.contributor.author	Brunetti, Roberto
dc.contributor.author	Grimalda, Gianluca
dc.contributor.author	Marino, Maria
dc.date.accessioned	2025-12-09T10:00:01Z
dc.date.available	2025-12-09T10:00:01Z
dc.date.issued	2025
dc.description.abstract	Despite growing income inequality, demand for redistribution has remained stagnant, which is particularly puzzling for the poor. We investigate whether attitudes toward “trickle-down” economics and preferences for fairness affect demand for redistribution. We involve US residents in the bottom (N = 1, 200) and top (N = 1, 146) 20% of the income distribution in experimental redistributive decisions from high-income real-life entrepreneurs to low-income recipients. (...)
dc.format.extent	84 p.
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/2445/224743
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartof	UB Economics – Working Papers, 2025 E25/485
dc.relation.ispartofseries	[WP E-Eco25/485]
dc.rights	cc-by-nc-nd, (c) Brunetti et al., 2025
dc.rights.accessRights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject.classification	Distribució de la renda
dc.subject.classification	Política salarial
dc.subject.classification	Imparcialitat
dc.subject.other	Social inequality
dc.subject.other	Wage policy
dc.subject.other	Fairness
dc.title	Trickle-Down Economics, Merit, and Redistribution: An Experiment with the Poorest and Richest US Americans
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper

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