The Externalities of Inequality: Fear of Crime and Preferences for Redistribution in Western Europe

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 472-489

  Rueda, David ^a   Stegmueller, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 84940092952     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajps.12212     Document Type: Article

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