Optimal fiscal policy with redistribution

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 925-967

  Werning, Iván ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 34250812906     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.122.3.925     Document Type: Review

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