This study investigates how fiscal policy and institutional factors influence income distribution within and across countries by employing the panel data technique for 117 countries over the period of 20 years (2000-2019). Based on the ordinary least squares, random effects, fixed effects, two-stage least squares, and system generalized method of moments techniques, the study established the following results. First, the results on the relationship between fiscal policy and income inequality showed that while a few fiscal policy instruments appear ...