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Venue address: ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics & Management, R. Francesinhas 21, 1200-675 Lisboa, Portugal
Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 17th Sept 2026, 11:39:14am WEST
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D01: Preferences, Policies and Inequality Location: Room 101 (Francesinhas 1) | |
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Why redistribution? Fairness versus externalities Norwegian School of Economics, Norway Redistributive politics is often framed as a dispute about fairness: who deserves what, and how much society should care about inequality in itself. I argue that a second, analytically distinct motive is just as central; concerns about inequality as an externality. When the income distribution affects outcomes people value, such as crime, trust, democratic stability, or growth, redistribution is not only about justice, but also about internalizing social costs. I first lay out a preference and welfare framework that separates fairness and externality terms. I then summarize evidence that citizens across the world hold strong beliefs about inequality's consequences, and that shifting these beliefs causally shifts support for redistribution. Finally, I show that countries differ in redistributive rhetoric: some debates rely on fairness language, while others more often invoke externalities. The broader claim is that cross-country differences in redistribution likely reflects different beliefs about both fairness and inequality's societal consequences.
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