Cognitive ability and the demand for redistribution

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Mollerstrom, Johanna ^a,b,d   Seim, David ^c,d  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; INCOME; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; TAX; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLDIER; SWEDEN;

COGNITION; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PUBLIC POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; TAXES;

EID: 84908428912     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109955     Document Type: Article

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