Historical Trust Levels Predict the Current Size of the Welfare State

Kyklos

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-19

  Bergh, Andreas ^a   Bjørnskov, Christian ^b  

^a Stockholm School of Economics   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL PROVISION; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IDEOLOGY; INSURANCE SYSTEM; MODEL VALIDATION; TAX SYSTEM; THEORETICAL STUDY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 78651227111     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.2010.00492.x     Document Type: Article

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