Research

The ICT Revolution and Preferences for Taxing Top Earners

David Hope, Julian Limberg & Nina Weber (2024)

Journal of European Public Policy

Why Do (Some) Ordinary Americans Support Tax Cuts for the Rich? Evidence From a Randomized Survey Experiment

David Hope, Julian Limberg & Nina Weber (2023)

European Journal of Political Economy, 78.

• Our piece for The Washington Post on the research and its implications for Biden's tax plans: How Biden could boost Republican support for tax hikes on the rich

The Economic Consequences of Major Tax Cuts for the Rich

David Hope & Julian Limberg (2022)

Socio-Economic Review, 20(2), 539-559.

Working paper version: London School of Economics, International Inequalities Institute, Working Paper, No. 55 (available here).

• • Podcasts where we discuss the research and its implications: SER on Tap; LSE IQ

  • Our opinion piece for NBC News on the research and its implications for debates on taxing the rich in the United States: Trump and Republicans prefer Covid tax cuts to hikes. Our research proves they're wrong.

  • Our short piece about the key findings of the research and its wider implications for tax policymaking in post-COVID era on The Conversation: Footing the COVID-19 bill: economic case for tax hike on wealthy

  • Bloomberg article exploring the research methods used in our study: Trickle-Down Economics Fails a Sophisticated Statistical Test: Here’s the wizardry behind two scholars’ questioning of tax cuts for the rich

  • Opinion piece by Robert Reich in The Guardian drawing on the paper: Trickle-down economics doesn't work but build-up does – is Biden listening?

  • Opinion piece by Paul Mason in The New Statesman drawing on the paper: Labour must overturn the neoliberal revolution in taxation

  • International media coverage: Al Jazeera, BBC Mundo, Bloomberg News, Business Insider, CBS News, El Tiempo, Expressen, Financial Times, Guardian (1), Guardian (2), iNews, La Presse, Los Angeles Times, New York Post, The Conversation, The Hill (1), The Hill (2), The New York Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Times, The Washington Post.

The Knowledge Economy and Taxes on the Rich

David Hope & Julian Limberg (2022)

Journal of European Public Policy, 29(5), 728-747.

What’s Fair? Preferences for Tax Progressivity in the Wake of the Financial Crisis

Julian Limberg (2020)

Journal of Public Policy, 40(2), 171-193.

‘Tax the Rich’? The Financial Crisis, Fiscal Fairness, and Progressive Income Taxation

Julian Limberg (2019)

European Political Science Review, 11(3), 319-336.

The Transition to the Knowledge Economy, Labor Market Institutions, and Income Inequality in Advanced Democracies

David Hope & Angelo Martelli (2019)

World Politics, 71(2),  268-288