16-032/VI - Redistributive Politics and the Tyranny of the Middle Class

• Authors
  Floris T. Zoutman, NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Norway; Bas Jacobs, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Egbert L. W. Jongen, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, The Hague; and Leiden University, the Netherlands
• Publication date
  April 25, 2016

• Keywords
  Inverse optimal-tax method, revealed social preferences, political parties, optimal taxation, income redistribution
• JEL
  C63, D63, H21