Does libertè=egalité? A survey of the empirical links between democracy and inequality with some evidence on the transition economies

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 515-537

  Gradstein, Mark ^a   Milanovic, Branko ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Democracy; Freedom; Inequality; Redistribution

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; EQUITY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 4744358520     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0950-0804.2004.00229.x     Document Type: Article

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