Voting on social security: Evidence from OECD countries

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 705-724

  Breyer, Friedrich ^a   Craig, Ben ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical tests; H55; Median voter; Public choice; Public pensions; Social security

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031470840     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(97)00031-1     Document Type: Article

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