On the Political Economy of the Informal Sector and Income Redistribution
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- Ozan Hatipoglu & Gulenay Ozbek, 2011. "On the political economy of the informal sector and income redistribution," European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 32(1), pages 69-87, August.
- Ozan Hatipoglu & Gulenay Ozbek, 2007. "On the Political Economy of the Informal Sector and Income Redistribution," Working Papers 2007/11, Bogazici University, Department of Economics.
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Keywords
Informal Sector; Income Redistribution; Median Voter;JEL classification:
- H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General
- D3 - Microeconomics - - Distribution
- J20 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2008-03-25 (All new papers)
- NEP-CDM-2008-03-25 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-POL-2008-03-25 (Positive Political Economics)
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