The effect of direct democracy on income redistribution: Evidence For Switzerland

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 817-840

  Feld, Lars P ^a   Fischer, Justina A V ^b   Kirchgässner, Gebhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 77956580944     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2008.00174.x     Document Type: Article

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