Government regulation and income inequality in the United States, 1970-1990

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 805-808

  Westley, Christopher ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; REGULATORY APPROACH; STATE ROLE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032464472     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135048598354087     Document Type: Article

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