On the political economy of income redistribution and crime

International Economic Review

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-26

  Imrohoroǧlu, Ayşe ^a   Merlo, Antonio ^a   Rupert, Peter ^a  

^a NONE

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EID: 0040182563     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2354.00053     Document Type: Article

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