Globalisation, inequality and redistribution: Theory and evidence

摘要: This paper constructs a simple theoretical model to study the implications of globalization for inequality and redistribution. It shows that when increases inequality, policymaker interested in maximizing sum welfares all agents Empirically, examines effects on redistribution panel data set 140 countries period from 1970 2012. finds both have been increasing with globalization. The results are robust inclusion many different controls exclusion outliers.