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  1. See also Boadway and Oswald (1983), Persson (1983), Blomquist and Horn (1984), Frohlich et al. (1987a, 1987b); Johnson (1987), Husted (1989), Beck (1994), Barr (1998), Bovenberg et al. (2008), Rainer (2008) and Miron (2011).

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Vaubel, R. Redistribution as income insurance?. Public Choice 152, 389–392 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-012-9986-0

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