Social security and democracy

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Mulligan, Casey B ^a   Gil, Ricard ^b   Sala I Martin, Xavier X ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Democracy; Payroll tax; Pension spending; Social Security

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950522122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2428     Document Type: Article

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