Minor In Comparative Politics & International Relations
Did the specter of communism affect income distribution in developed capitalist economies through the Cold War? This article addresses this question by testing whether earnings inequality in OECD international locations was related to events linked to the unfold of communism—revolutions and Soviet interventions—all over the world. We argue that the specter of the unfold of communism acted as an incentive for the elites and governments to maintain economic inequality low. This article offers an empirical contribution to the current literature on inequality, which highlights the function of home institutions but ignores the role of the Cold War in redistributing revenue. We find a robust relationship between revenue inequality and the distance to communist occasions.
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