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Are We in the Same Boat or Not? The Opposite Effects of Absolute and Relative Income Shifts on Redistributive Preferences (2016)
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Mérola, V., & Helgason, A. F. (2016). Are We in the Same Boat or Not? The Opposite Effects of Absolute and Relative Income Shifts on Redistributive Preferences. Journal of Politics, 78(4), 1107-1123. https://doi.org/10.1086/686254

What are the effects of economic mobility and macroeconomic cycles on redistributive preferences? These questions have gained more prominence in recent years, yet our main theoretical frameworks often provide conflicting predictions and empirical evi... Read More about Are We in the Same Boat or Not? The Opposite Effects of Absolute and Relative Income Shifts on Redistributive Preferences.