caa a22 4500 445389109 CHVBK 20180317143041.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10888-009-9123-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10888-009-9123-6 Does philanthropy reduce inequality? [Elektronische Daten] [Indraneel Dasgupta, Ravi Kanbur] Wealthy individuals often voluntarily provide public goods that the poor also consume. We show that, rather than reducing it, such philanthropy may aggravate absolute inequality in welfare achievement, while leaving the change in relative inequality ambiguous. Additionally, philanthropic preferences may increase the effectiveness of policies to redistribute income, instead of weakening them. Our results thus suggest that philanthropy and direct redistribution may often be better viewed as complements, rather than substitutes, in the context of inequality reduction. In so doing, they also bring into question the general normative case for large tax deductions for charitable contributions. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC., 2009 Community nationallicence Public goods nationallicence Inequality nationallicence Distribution nationallicence Philanthropy nationallicence Dasgupta Indraneel Department of Economics, Durham University, 23-26 Old Elvet, DH1 3HY, Durham, UK aut Kanbur Ravi Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA aut The Journal of Economic Inequality Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 9/1(2011-03-01), 1-21 1569-1721 9:1<1 2011 9 10888 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10888-009-9123-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10888-009-9123-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dasgupta Indraneel Department of Economics, Durham University, 23-26 Old Elvet, DH1 3HY, Durham, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kanbur Ravi Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Journal of Economic Inequality Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 9/1(2011-03-01), 1-21 1569-1721 9:1<1 2011 9 10888 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer