Demographic shock and social security: A political economy perspective

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 417-431

  Casamatta, Georges ^a   Cremer, Helmuth ^b   Pestieau, Pierre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aging; Entitlements; Majority voting; Social security

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038302584     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011214823251     Document Type: Article

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