Borradores de Economia
Number:
349
Published:
Classification JEL:
H11, D73, D74, D78, D30
Keywords:
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy
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Diana Ricciulli-Marin, Mateo Uribe-Castro
Ana María Iregui-Bohórquez, Ligia Alba Melo-Becerra, María Teresa Ramírez-Giraldo, Jorge Leonardo Rodríguez Arenas
Francisco Javier Lasso-Valderrama, Carmiña Ofelia Vargas-Riaño
This paper develops a political economy model that provides an explanation as for why ruling elites in oligarchic societies may rely on income redistribution to the poor (the masses) in order to prevent them from attempting a revolution. We refer to this