Fiscal federalism, social identity and place-based resentment
研究发现，对加拿大省际财政均衡政策的支持更多受社会认同和地方怨恨影响，而非经济地位；富裕省份居民的支持取决于对省份的认同和对受益省份魁北克的看法。
We highlight the importance of social identity and place-based resentment rather than economic positions to explain preferences for interregional fiscal redistribution. We use the 2019 Confederation of Tomorrow survey to study the equalization programme in Canada, the main vehicle for interregional fiscal redistribution in the country. We find that among respondents living in richer provinces, support for equalization depends on identification towards the province (relative to Canada) and on the perception of Quebec, the province seen as an ‘out-group’ benefiting from the programme. Among recipient provinces, support for interregional fiscal redistribution is high, regardless of identity.