Political Inequality

Inequality in political participation and influence has strongly increased in recent decades, breeding economic inequality. In this review, we focus on three aspects of political inequality: the increasing concentration of both political and charitable donations, the growing gap in descriptive repre...

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Published in:Annual review of economics 2024-08, Vol.16 (1), p.455-490
Main Author: Cagé, Julia
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campaign finance
charitable giving
descriptive representation
economic inequality
Inequality
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JEL L38
JEL N3
political donations
political inequality
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Representation
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turnout
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