Belief in a just world and redistributive politics

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 699-746

  Bénabou, Roland ^a   Tirole, Jean ^a  

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EID: 33646348461     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2006.121.2.699     Document Type: Article

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