Inequality, integration, and policy: Issues and evidence from EMU

Journal of Economic Inequality

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 345-365

  Bertola, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Policy competition; Redistribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955850213     PISSN: 15691721     EISSN: 15738701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10888-009-9126-3     Document Type: Article

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