Should Governments Tax the Rich and Subsidize the Poor? A Comparative Study of Muslim and Christian Respondents

This study used the most recent World Values Survey (WVS) dataset to determine whether Christian and Muslim views on the acceptability of taxing the rich and subsidizing the poor was an essential feature of democracy. The sample size included more than 23,000 individuals from more than 50 countries....

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Published inReligions (Basel, Switzerland ) Vol. 10; no. 2; p. 72
Main Authors McGee, Robert, Benk, Serkan, Yüzbaşı, Bahadır
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.02.2019
Subjects
Christian Islamic relations
Christianity
Cooperation
economic inequality
Economic models
Economic policy
ethics
Females
Francis (Pope)
government
Income distribution
Income inequality
International finance
Islam
Low income groups
McGee, Robert
Morality
Musgrave, Richard A
Muslims
Philosophy
Politics
Property rights
public finance
redistribution
religion
religiosity
Society
Studies
subsidy
tax
Taxation
Theory
New York
Washington DC
Turkey
United States > US
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Summary:This study used the most recent World Values Survey (WVS) dataset to determine whether Christian and Muslim views on the acceptability of taxing the rich and subsidizing the poor was an essential feature of democracy. The sample size included more than 23,000 individuals from more than 50 countries. More than a dozen socioeconomic and attitudinal variables were also examined to determine whether significant differences existed. The study found that differences in viewpoint were often significant.
ISSN:2077-1444
2077-1444
DOI:10.3390/rel10020072