The kuznets hypothesis: An indirect test

Economics Letters

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-85

  Eusufzai, Zaki ^a  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Income inequality; Kuznets hypothesis; Quandt log likelihood ratio test

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031287024     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(96)00900-7     Document Type: Article

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