Economic openness, democracy, and income inequality: An empirical analysis

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 575-601

  Reuveny, Rafael ^a   Li, Quan ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Globalization; National Gini; Policy; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038506502     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414003036005004     Document Type: Review

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