Work values, endogenous sentiments redistribution

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 94, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 612-627

  Cervellati, Matteo ^a,b,c   Esteban, Joan ^b   Kranich, Laurence ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c IZA   (Germany)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogenous sentiments; Income inequality; Moral work values; Politico economic equilibria; Redistribution; Social contract; Voting over taxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955269378     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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