Power Sharing, Income Redistribution and Corruption

Abstract

In this thesis, we study how the power sharing mechanism in political system affect income redistribution and corruption. We find that more disproportional system has narrower representation but better accountability than proportional system. In other words, parties in a more disproportional system would target the interest of swing voter group at the cost of other groups more severely hence lead to higher income inequality, while they produce less political corruption as voters punish the misbehaviour better.

Date of Award	1 Aug 2019
Original language	English
Awarding Institution	The University of Manchester
Supervisor	Alejandro Saporiti (Supervisor) & Antonio Nicolo (Supervisor)