Politically determined income inequality and the provision of public goods

Journal of Public Economic Theory

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 707-735

  Olszewski, Wojciech ^a   Rosenthal, Howard ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 61549110703     PISSN: 10973923     EISSN: 14679779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9779.2004.00188.x     Document Type: Article

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