Positive arithmetic of the welfare state

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 933-955

  Conde Ruiz, Jose Ignacio ^a   Galasso, Vincenzo ^b  

^a Foundation for Applied Economic Research FEDEA   (Spain)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Income inequality; Social security; Subgame perfect structure induced equilibrium

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844285331     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2004.06.010     Document Type: Article

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