Should transfer payments be indexed to local price levels?

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-20

  Glaeser, E L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Indexing; Local prices; Redistribution

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LOCAL PRICES; THEORY; TRANSFER PAYMENT;

EID: 0031942148     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0462(97)00022-7     Document Type: Article

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