Empirical determinants of in-kind redistribution: Partisan biases and the role of inflation

Economics Letters

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 318-320

  Hessami, Zohal ^a   Uebelmesser, Silke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

In kind redistribution; Inflation; Partisan biases; Social benefits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870955655     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.11.021     Document Type: Article

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