Perception of corruption and public support for redistribution in Latin America

This paper studies the relationship between people's beliefs about the quality of their institutions, as measured by corruption perceptions, and preferences for redistribution in Latin America. Our empirical study is guided by a theoretical model which introduces taxes into Foellmi and Oechslin...

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Autores: Hauk, Esther|||0000-0002-3089-9307, Oviedo León, Mónica Juliana, Ramos Morilla, Xavier|||0000-0003-1947-4057
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2021.102174
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Palabra clave:Preference for redistribution
Corruption perceptions
Political trust
Bribery
Latin America
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spelling Perception of corruption and public support for redistribution in Latin AmericaHauk, Esther|||0000-0002-3089-9307Oviedo León, Mónica JulianaRamos Morilla, Xavier|||0000-0003-1947-4057Preference for redistributionCorruption perceptionsPolitical trustBriberyLatin AmericaThis paper studies the relationship between people's beliefs about the quality of their institutions, as measured by corruption perceptions, and preferences for redistribution in Latin America. Our empirical study is guided by a theoretical model which introduces taxes into Foellmi and Oechslin's (2007) general equilibrium model of non-collusive corruption. In this model perceived corruption influences people's preferences for redistribution through two channels. On the one hand it undermines trust in government, which reduces people's support for redistribution. On the other hand, more corruption decreases own wealth relative to average wealth of below-average-wealth individuals leading to a higher demand for redistribution. Thus, the effect of perceived corruption on redistribution cannot be signed a priori. Our novel empirical findings for Latin America suggest that perceiving corruption in the public sector increases people's support for redistribution. Although the wealth channel dominates in the data, we also find evidence for the trust channel - from corruption to demand for redistribution via reduced trust. 22022-01-0120222022-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/251416https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2021.102174reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengAgencia Estatal de Investigación https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 PID2019-104619RB-C43Agencia Estatal de Investigación https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 CEX2019-000915-SMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003329 ECO2015-67171-PAgencia Estatal de Investigación https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 PGC2018-097898-B-100Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003030 2017/SGR-1571open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, i la comunicació pública de l'obra, sempre que no sigui amb finalitats comercials, i sempre que es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original. No es permet la creació d'obres derivades.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:2514162026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Perception of corruption and public support for redistribution in Latin America
title Perception of corruption and public support for redistribution in Latin America
spellingShingle Perception of corruption and public support for redistribution in Latin America
Hauk, Esther|||0000-0002-3089-9307
Preference for redistribution
Corruption perceptions
Political trust
Bribery
Latin America
title_short Perception of corruption and public support for redistribution in Latin America
title_full Perception of corruption and public support for redistribution in Latin America
title_fullStr Perception of corruption and public support for redistribution in Latin America
title_full_unstemmed Perception of corruption and public support for redistribution in Latin America
title_sort Perception of corruption and public support for redistribution in Latin America
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Hauk, Esther|||0000-0002-3089-9307
Oviedo León, Mónica Juliana
Ramos Morilla, Xavier|||0000-0003-1947-4057
author Hauk, Esther|||0000-0002-3089-9307
author_facet Hauk, Esther|||0000-0002-3089-9307
Oviedo León, Mónica Juliana
Ramos Morilla, Xavier|||0000-0003-1947-4057
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Ramos Morilla, Xavier|||0000-0003-1947-4057
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Preference for redistribution
Corruption perceptions
Political trust
Bribery
Latin America
topic Preference for redistribution
Corruption perceptions
Political trust
Bribery
Latin America
description This paper studies the relationship between people's beliefs about the quality of their institutions, as measured by corruption perceptions, and preferences for redistribution in Latin America. Our empirical study is guided by a theoretical model which introduces taxes into Foellmi and Oechslin's (2007) general equilibrium model of non-collusive corruption. In this model perceived corruption influences people's preferences for redistribution through two channels. On the one hand it undermines trust in government, which reduces people's support for redistribution. On the other hand, more corruption decreases own wealth relative to average wealth of below-average-wealth individuals leading to a higher demand for redistribution. Thus, the effect of perceived corruption on redistribution cannot be signed a priori. Our novel empirical findings for Latin America suggest that perceiving corruption in the public sector increases people's support for redistribution. Although the wealth channel dominates in the data, we also find evidence for the trust channel - from corruption to demand for redistribution via reduced trust.
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