A glimpse through the veil of ignorance: Equality of opportunity and support for redistribution

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 131-141

  Krawczyk, Michał ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

American exceptionalism; Equality of opportunity; Redistribution; Social mobility; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 74149093864     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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