Inequality aversion and the natural rate of subjective inequality

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 1061-1090

  Lambert, Peter J ^a   Millimet, Daniel L ^b   Slottje, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Income distribution; Inequality; Inequality aversion; Natural rate of inequality; Redistribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038744291     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(00)00171-7     Document Type: Article

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