Needs versus entitlements-an international fairness experiment

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 574-598

  Cappelen, Alexander W ^a   Moene, Karl O ^b   Sørensen, Erik Ø ^a   Tungodden, Bertil ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 84878888195     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeea.12000     Document Type: Article

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