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Social Security and Democracy

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  • Mulligan, Casey B.
  • Gil Sala-I-Martin X., Ricard
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  • Mulligan, Casey B. & Gil Sala-I-Martin X., Ricard, 2002. "Social Security and Democracy," Working Papers 180, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State.
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