Campaign Advertising, Redistribution And The Gap Between Incomes Of Rich And Poor

Dan Usher

No 1279, Working Paper from Economics Department, Queen's University

Abstract: The effect of a widening of the distribution of income upon societyÂ’s choice of the amount of redistribution is a balancing of two opposing forces: the increase in redistribution in response to the increased ratio of mean to median income and the decrease in response to the greater advertising advantage of the wealthier half of the population. One cannot say a priori which forcepredominates.

Keywords: Campaign Advertising; Redistribution; Income Distribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D63 D83 H26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2011-11
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