The universal welfare state as a social dilemma

Rationality and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 213-233

  Rothstein, Bo ^a  

^a Box 711 ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assymetric information; Social dilemmas; Social insurance; Trust; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035532486     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104346301013002004     Document Type: Article

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