Income inequality is not harmful for growth: theory and evidence

Review of Development Economics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 318-334

  Li, Hongyi ^a   Zou, Heng Fu ^b,c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0345059314     PISSN: 13636669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9361.00045     Document Type: Article

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