Explaining international and intertemporal variations in income inequality

Economic Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 446, 1998, Pages 26-43

  Li, Hongyi ^a   Squire, Lyn ^a   Zou, Heng Fu ^a  

^a NONE

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; INCOME INEQUALITY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EID: 0031955813     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00271     Document Type: Article

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