Milanovic, Branko2012-03-192012-03-192009-12-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/4339This paper discusses and assesses critiques of the aurhor's reformulation of the median voter hypothesis and its testing. The author rephrases and redefines more correctly the redistribution hypothesis and clarifies its relationship with the median voter hypothesis. He also reviews four types of critiques leveled at his approach.CC BY 3.0 IGOADVANCED ECONOMIESAVERAGE INCOMESBUSINESS CYCLEBUSINESS CYCLESCHILD ALLOWANCESCOUNTRY DUMMIESCOUNTRY EFFECTSCOUNTRY FIXED EFFECTCOUNTRY FIXED EFFECTSDATA SETDEMOCRACIESDEMOCRACYDEPENDENT VARIABLEDISPOSABLE INCOMEEARNINGS INEQUALITYECONOMETRIC ISSUESECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC INEQUALITYECONOMIC POWERECONOMIC REVIEWEMPIRICAL ANALYSISEMPIRICAL RESULTSEMPIRICAL SUPPORTEMPIRICAL TESTETHNIC HOMOGENEITYEXPORTSGDPGDP PER CAPITAGOVERNMENT EXPENDITURESGOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONGOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONSGROSS INCOMEHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSINCENTIVE EFFECTSINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME REDISTRIBUTIONINCOME SHAREINCOME STUDYINCOMESINCREASED RATEINEQUALITYINEQUALITY INDEXINHERITANCEINSURANCEINTERVENTIONSMARKET ECONOMIESMARKET INCOMEMARKET INCOME INEQUALITYMARKET INCOMESMEDIAN VOTERMEDIAN VOTER HYPOTHESISMIDDLE CLASSMIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIESNEGATIVE RELATIONSHIPOBSERVED INCREASEPENSIONPENSION SYSTEMPENSIONSPER CAPITA INCOMEPOLICY RESEARCHPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICAL SCIENCEPOLITICAL SYSTEMPOOR PEOPLEPOSITIVE RELATIONSHIPPUBLIC CHOICEPUBLIC POLICYREDISTRIBUTIVE IMPACTREDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIESRELATIVE POSITIONSOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL POLICYSOCIAL TRANSFERSTAXTAX RATETAX STRUCTURETURNOVERUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITSVOTERSWAGESWELFARE SYSTEMWELL-BEINGWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-5145