Income polarization and inequality across countries: An empirical study

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 335-358

  Seshanna, Shubhasree ^a   Decornez, Stéphane ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b DEUTSCHE BANK AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Globalization; Inequality; Inter country; Polarization; World

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037634045     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-8938(03)00009-7     Document Type: Article

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