Culture, context, and the taste for redistribution

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 157-179

  Luttmer, Erzo F P ^a   Singhal, Monica ^b  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79958225089     PISSN: 19457731     EISSN: 1945774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/pol.3.1.157     Document Type: Article

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