Efficiency of the welfare state

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Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 537-553

  Gouyette, Claudine ^c   Pestieau, Pierre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b CREPP   (Belgium)

^c Bât B31 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 0033385816     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.1999.tb00232.x     Document Type: Article

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