Does income distribution affect U.S. State economic growth

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 363-394

  Partridge, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17644395984     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-4146.2005.00375.x     Document Type: Article

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