The politics of redistributive social insurance

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2639-2660

  Hindriks, Jean ^a,b   De Donder, Philippe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Adverse selection; Majority rule; Redistribution; Social insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142139212     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(02)00078-6     Document Type: Article

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