Personal income and attitudes toward redistribution: A study of lottery winners

Political Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 441-458

  Doherty, Daniel ^a   Gerber, Alan S ^a   Green, Donald P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33745323480     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2006.00509.x     Document Type: Review

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