Understanding preferences for income redistribution

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 944-961

  Keely, Louise C ^a   Tan, Chih Ming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification and regression trees; Data mining; Identity; Random forests; Redistribution preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849145711     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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