Income distribution determinants and public spending efficiency

Journal of Economic Inequality

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 367-389

  Afonso, António ^a,b   Schuknecht, Ludger ^a   Tanzi, Vito ^c  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

^b ISEG LISBON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT   (Portugal)

^c International Institute of Public Finance   (Germany)

Author keywords

DEA; Efficiency; Income redistribution; Public spending

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955849992     PISSN: 15691721     EISSN: 15738701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10888-010-9138-z     Document Type: Article

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