The marginal costs and benefits of redistributing income and the willingness to pay for status

Journal of Public Economic Theory

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 357-377

  Allgood, Sam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 62749128023     PISSN: 10973923     EISSN: 14679779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9779.2006.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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