One Dollar, One Vote

Economic Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 553, 2011, Pages 621-651

  Karabarbounis, Loukas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC POLICY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; OECD; PANEL DATA; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EID: 79957950090     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2010.02406.x     Document Type: Article

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