Building political consensus and distributing resources: A trade-off or a compatible choice?

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 217-236

  Feng, Yi ^a   Gizelis, Theodora Ismene ^b  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Academy of Athens   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

EID: 0036819752     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/344512     Document Type: Article

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