The distribution of earnings and the rules of the game

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 149-162

  Porter, Philip K ^a   Scully, Gerald W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 0030539823     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1061310     Document Type: Article

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