The injustice of inequality

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 199-222

  Glaeser, Edward ^a   Scheinkman, Jose ^b   Shleifer, Andrei ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Inequality; Subversion of institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037273816     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(02)00204-0     Document Type: Article

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