Austerity, inequality and politics

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 35, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-22

  Schaltegger, Christoph A ^a,b   Weder, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coalitions; Fiscal adjustment; Fiscal policy; Ideology; Income inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898779248     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2014.03.005     Document Type: Article

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