Pecuniary emulation, inequality and growth

European Economic Review

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1665-1678

  Corneo, Giacomo ^a   Jeanne, Olivier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

Growth; Inequality; Social status

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 0032694197     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(98)00046-4     Document Type: Article

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