Standard economic analyses suggests that when the budget for redistribution is fixed, transfers should be targeted to (that is, means-tested for) those most in need. But both economists and political scientists have long recognized the possibility that targeting could undermine political support for redistribution, and hence reduce the available budget. The authors formalize this recognition, developing a simple economy in which both nontargeted (universally...
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1997/07/31
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Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas
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WPS1799
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2010/07/01
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More for the poor is less for the poor : the politics of targeting
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targeted transfer
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