A little fairness may induce a lot of redistribution in democracy

European Economic Review

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 469-485

  Tyran, Jean Robert ^a   Sausgruber, Rupert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fairness; Redistribution; Voting

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 31544471783     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2004.09.014     Document Type: Article

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