财富分配和再分配偏好：来自随机调查实验的证据

IF 2.4 3区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

European Journal of Political Economy Pub Date : 2025-09-04 DOI:10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2025.102741

Nicolás Albacete, Pirmin Fessler, Peter Lindner

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摘要

我们分析了一个关于再分配偏好的大规模实验，使用来自欧元体系家庭金融和消费调查奥地利部分的数据。奥地利的特点是财富税低，但财富不平等程度高，提供了一个理想的背景。我们估计了个人财富等级信息对财富税偏好的因果效应。虽然平均治疗效果在统计上是微不足道的，但高估自己财富状况的人表现出积极的反应，而低估自己财富状况的人则表现出消极的反应。信息的影响根据先前的信念而变化，但总体效果仍然为零。

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Wealth distribution and redistributive preferences: Evidence from a randomized survey experiment

We analyze a large-scale experiment on redistributive preferences using data from the Austrian segment of the Eurosystem Household Finance and Consumption Survey. Austria, characterized by low wealth taxation but high wealth inequality, provides an ideal context. We estimate the causal effect of information about one’s wealth rank on preferences for wealth taxation. While the average treatment effect is statistically insignificant, individuals who overestimate their wealth position exhibit a positive response, whereas those who underestimate it show a negative response. The impact of information varies based on prior beliefs, yet the overall effect remains null.

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European Journal of Political Economy Multiple-

CiteScore

3.40

自引率

10.00%

发文量

106

期刊介绍： The aim of the European Journal of Political Economy is to disseminate original theoretical and empirical research on economic phenomena within a scope that encompasses collective decision making, political behavior, and the role of institutions. Contributions are invited from the international community of researchers. Manuscripts must be published in English. Starting 2008, the European Journal of Political Economy is indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index published by Thomson Scientific (formerly ISI).