Economics and policy preferences: Causal evidence of the impact of economic conditions on support for redistribution and other ballot proposals

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 888-906

  Brunner, Eric ^a   Ross, Stephen L ^b   Washington, Ebonya ^c  

^a QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80054000010     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00088     Document Type: Article

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