Evidence on the insurance effect of redistributive taxation

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 965-973

  Grant, Charles ^a   Koulovatianos, Christos ^b   Michaelides, Alexander ^c   Padula, Mario ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

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EID: 78650975368     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00040     Document Type: Article

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