Inequality and the demand for redistribution: Are the assumptions of the new growth theory valid?

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-148

  Lübker, Malte ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Income distribution; New growth theory; Political sociology; Rational choice; Redistribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846522253     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwl002     Document Type: Article

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