Unequal societies: Income distribution and the social contract

American Economic Review

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 96-129

  Bénabou, Roland ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001837428     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.90.1.96     Document Type: Article

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