The spirits of capitalism and socialism

Public Choice

Volumn 150, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 469-498

  Bjørnskov, Christian ^a   Paldam, Martin ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ideology; Institutions; Property rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 82755192356     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-010-9711-9     Document Type: Article

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