Populism and inequality: Does reality match the populist rhetoric?
研究了民粹主义政府上台后是否真的实现了收入或消费再分配，基于1970年以来拉丁美洲和加勒比地区的数据，发现民粹主义政府的再分配目标主要是空谈。
Populists since the Roman Republic have argued for redistribution from an elite to ordinary people and depicted themselves as the true representative of the ‘people’. However, very little research has explored whether populists actually affect the distribution of income or consumption when in power. The present paper therefore asks, whether populists administrations actually achieve redistribution. After a short theoretical discussion, our empirical strategy combines new data on populism in Latin America and the Caribbean with information on income and consumption inequality since 1970. Estimates suggest that populist governments in the region generally have achieved no redistribution, leading us to conclude that the redistributive aims of populists are mainly empty rhetoric.