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November 11, 2025Journal of Public PolicyOpen Access

Taxing your cake and growing it too: public beliefs on the dual benefits of progressive taxation

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BBBastian BeckerBSBruno Castanho SilvaHLHanna Lierse

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Overview

Conjoint experiment reveals public supports progressive taxation enhancing equality and economic growth, indicating common ground across ideologies.

Key Points

  • Participants believe that progressive taxation promotes both equality and economic growth, showing no trade-off.
  • The findings challenge traditional elite discourse which claims that taxes on the rich hinder growth.
  • A representative sample from the 2021 German national election was used for the conjoint experiment analysis.
  • These insights highlight a consensual understanding of progressive taxation's benefits across different economic statuses.

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Becker et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69252e90c0ce034ddc355f23https://doi.org/10.1017/s0143814x25100858
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