Income inequality, democracy and growth reconsidered

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 751-764

  Weede, Erich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

D30; Democracy; Distributional struggle; E62; Economic growth; H30; Income inequality; O40; Rent seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031443896     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(97)00028-1     Document Type: Article

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