The effect of culture on fiscal redistribution: Evidence based on genetic, epidemiological and linguistic data

Pantelis Kammas (), Pantelis Kazakis and Vassilis Sarantides

Economics Letters, 2017, vol. 160, issue C, 95-99

Abstract: Using a set of innovative instruments qualified by the literature, we investigate the effect of individualist culture on fiscal redistribution. Our analysis suggests that societies characterized by less collectivistic culture present higher levels of fiscal redistribution, as proxied by government subsidies and transfers as well as health and education expenses.

Keywords: Culture; Redistribution; Public goods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H40 H41 Z10 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2017.08.029

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