Social identity and redistributive preferences: A survey

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 357-374

  Costa Font, Joan ^a   Cowell, Frank ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity; Inequality; Preferences for redistribution; Redistributive institutions; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924800849     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: 14676419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joes.12061     Document Type: Article

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