Voting, inequality and redistribution

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-109

  Borck, Rainald ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inequality; O15; Redistribution; Voting D72

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INCOME; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 33846662310     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: 14676419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6419.2007.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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