The Evolution of Ideology, Fairness and Redistribution

Economic Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 565, 2012, Pages 1244-1261

  Alesina, Alberto ^a,b   Cozzi, Guido ^c   Mantovan, Noemi ^a,b,d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; PERCEPTION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 84869094438     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2012.02541.x     Document Type: Article

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