Opening a can of worms: The pitfalls of time-series regression analyses of income inequality

Applied Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 221-230

  Parker, Simon C ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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INCOME; METHODOLOGY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034628468     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368400322903     Document Type: Article

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