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dc.contributor.authorElgin, Ceyhun-
dc.contributor.authorGöksel, Türkmen-
dc.contributor.authorGürdal, Mehmet Y.-
dc.contributor.authorOrman, Cüneyt-
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-11T15:56:46Z-
dc.date.available2021-09-11T15:56:46Z-
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.identifier.issn0264-9993-
dc.identifier.issn1873-6122-
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2012.08.017-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11851/7392-
dc.description.abstractRecent empirical research has demonstrated that countries with higher levels of religiosity are characterized by greater income inequality. We argue that this is due to the lower level of government services demanded in more religious countries. Religion motivates individuals to engage in charitable giving and this leads them to prefer making their contributions privately and voluntarily rather than through the state. To the extent that citizen preferences are reflected in policy outcomes, religiosity results in lower levels of taxes and hence lower levels of spending on both public goods and redistribution. Since measures of income typically do not fully take into account private transfers received, this increases measured income inequality. We formalize these ideas in a general equilibrium political economy model and also show that the implications of our model are supported by cross-country data. (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.ispartofEconomic Modellingen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectReligionen_US
dc.subjectVoluntary donationsen_US
dc.subjectTaxationen_US
dc.subjectRedistributionen_US
dc.subjectIncome inequalityen_US
dc.titleReligion, income inequality, and the size of the governmenten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.departmentFaculties, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economicsen_US
dc.departmentFakülteler, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi, İktisat Bölümütr_TR
dc.identifier.volume30en_US
dc.identifier.startpage225en_US
dc.identifier.endpage234en_US
dc.authorid0000-0002-5692-3846-
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000315002600026en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84867591996en_US
dc.institutionauthorGürdal, Mehmet Y.-
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.econmod.2012.08.017-
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2-
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