Economic and social security in the twenty-first century, with attention to Europe

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 327-348

  Drèze, Jacques H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fiscal competition; Intergenerational risk sharing; International risk sharing; Moral hazard; Social insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034390670     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9442.00204     Document Type: Article

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