Behavioural motives for income redistribution

Australian Economic Review

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 285-297

  Fong, Christina M ^a   Bowles, Samuel ^b   Gintis, Herbert ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

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EID: 29144441140     PISSN: 00049018     EISSN: 14678462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8462.2005.00375.x     Document Type: Review

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