How did distributional preferences change during the Great Recession?

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 128, Issue , 2015, Pages 84-95

  Fisman, Raymond ^a   Jakiela, Pamela ^b   Kariv, Shachar ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributional preferences; Recession; Redistribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84933497747     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2015.06.001     Document Type: Article

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