The effect of inequality on growth: Theory and evidence from the Indian states

Review of Development Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 164-177

  Ghosh, Sugata ^a   Pal, Sarmistha ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 1342309484     PISSN: 13636669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2004.00226.x     Document Type: Article

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