A positive theory of social security

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 523-545

  Tabellini, Guido ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Inequality; Social security; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034422353     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9442.00213     Document Type: Article

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