01655cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF002260 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451843149 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Income Inequality and Redistributive Government Spending. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003. 1 online resource (25 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The paper examines empirically the question of whether more unequal societies spend more on income redistribution than their more egalitarian counterparts. Theoretical arguments on this issue are inconclusive. The political economy literature suggests that redistributive spending is higher in unequal societies due to median voter preferences. Alternatively, it can be argued that unequal societies may spend less on redistribution because of capital market imperfections. Based on different data sources, the cross-country evidence reported in this paper suggests that more unequal societies do spend less on redistribution. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/014 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2003/014/001.2003.issue-014-en.xml IMF e-Library