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6 - When Does Altruism Overcome the Intransitivity of Income Redistribution?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2009

Donald Wittman
Affiliation:
University of California at Santa Cruz
Albert Breton
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
Gianluigi Galeotti
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza', Italy
Pierre Salmon
Affiliation:
Université de Bourgogne, France
Ronald Wintrobe
Affiliation:
University of Western Ontario
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Print publication year: 2003

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