Income inequality, voting over the size of public consumption, and growth

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 265-287

  Grossmann, Volker ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Income distribution; Investment driven growth; Majority voting; Public consumption; Tax incidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038668997     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(02)00170-2     Document Type: Article

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