Inequality and Growth

NBER Macroeconomics Annual

Volumn 11, Issue , 1996, Pages

  Bénabou, Roland ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NBER ^*

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EID: 1542605536     PISSN: 08893365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1086/654291     Document Type: Article

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