Income Redistribution: Problems of Politics and Migration

Abstract

Why does sub-national political polarization in the United States produce redistributive inefficiency, and how can migratory externalities compound those inefficiencies? This paper uses public choice theory to argue that political reform is inseparable from redistributive solutions.

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