A constitutional theory of the family

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 259-283

  Cigno, Alessandro ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

^c Centre for Household Income Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD)   (Italy)

^d IZA   (Germany)

^e Dipartimento di Studi sullo Stato   (Italy)

Author keywords

Altruism; Attention; Credit rationing; Families; Fertility; Pensions; Renegotiation proofness; Saving; Self enforcing constitutions; Transfers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745325752     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-006-0062-2     Document Type: Article

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