Income inequality and the business cycle: A survey of the evidence and some new results

Journal of Post Keynesian Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 201-225

  Parker, Simon C ^a  

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EID: 0033480627     PISSN: 01603477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01603477.1998.11490191     Document Type: Review

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