Who Gives, Who Gains? Progressivity and Preferences

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 529-563

  Beramendi, Pablo ^a   Rehm, Philipp ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

economic policy; political economy; progressivity; redistribution; taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958093751     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414015617961     Document Type: Article

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