Income distribution, redistributive politics, and economic growth

Journal of Economic Growth

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 217-240

  Lee, Woojin ^a   Roemer, John E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Income distribution; Inequality; Political economy; Political effect; Threshold effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000186801     PISSN: 13814338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009762720862     Document Type: Article

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