Consumption and income inequality: The case of Atlantic Canada from 1969-1996

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 513-538

  Dhawan Biswal, Urvashi ^a  

^a Applied Research Branch   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

CANADA;

EID: 0036971350     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3552212     Document Type: Article

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