Diversity and redistribution

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 925-943

  Fernández, Raquel ^a,b,c   Levy, Gilat ^b,d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity; Income inequality; Political parties; Preferences; Redistribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849086194     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.12.012     Document Type: Article

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